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The Roads to Congress 2020

Campaigning in the Era of Trump and COVID-19

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Editors:
  1. Sean D. Foreman

    1. Department of History and Political Science, Barry University, Miami, USA

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  2. Marcia L. Godwin

    1. Public Administration, University of La Verne, La Verne, USA

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  3. Walter Clark Wilson

    1. Department of Political Science and Geography, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA

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  • Provides a comprehensive overview of 2020 congressional election highlights
  • Offers deep analysis of U.S. House and Senate races alongside the re-election campaign of Donald J. Trump
  • Contributes new scholarship on important and emerging themes in American politics

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Congressional Campaign and Election Trends

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The 2020 Elections Overview: A Campaign Cycle Like No Other

      • Sean D. Foreman
      Pages 3-16

    3. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the 2020 Elections

      • Christopher J. Galdieri, Jennifer C. Lucas, Tauna S. Sisco
      Pages 17-35

    4. Stress Test: Three Case Studies on Vote by Mail During a Global Pandemic

      • John D. Rackey, C. Tyler Godines Camarillo
      Pages 37-52

    5. Getting Good and Mad: Exploring the Use of Anger on Twitter by Female Candidates in 2020

      • Heather K. Evans, Bryan T. Gervais, Annelise Russell
      Pages 53-71

  5. Roads Ahead

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
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About this book

This book analyzes changes to campaigning and voting in the United States in 2020. The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 upended traditional campaign strategies, posed unprecedented challenges to candidates, and possessed the potential to fundamentally alter how campaigns think about running for office. At the same time, the Trump administration’s divisive handling of twin crises stemming from the pandemic and rising racial tensions loomed over congressional races as the most disruptive election cycle in living memory. The ramifications of the 2020 congressional elections for the direction of public policy in America—and perhaps for American democracy itself—cannot be overstated. The Roads to Congress 2020 examines key House and Senate campaigns, candidates, and controversies in the 2020 election to reveal what accounts for the outcomes and point the way to America’s political future.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of History and Political Science, Barry University, Miami, USA

    Sean D. Foreman

  • Public Administration, University of La Verne, La Verne, USA

    Marcia L. Godwin

  • Department of Political Science and Geography, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA

    Walter Clark Wilson

About the editors

Sean D. Foreman is Professor of Political Science at Barry University, USA.

Marcia L. Godwin is Professor of Public Administration at the University of La Verne, USA. 

Walter Clark Wilson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.


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