The debate surrounding the impact of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) has focused largely on congressional campaigns, and the role of soft money and issue advocacy in them. It has largely (and to some extent deliberately) ignored presidential campaigns. Ironically, BCRA’s most immediate impact may be on presidential politics, beginning with the 2004 election cycle. Four aspects...

A comprehensive, city-wide analysis, based on electoral precincts, was done for the City of Akron concerning the Presidential election of 1976. By superimposing a voting pattern map showing precinct votes, on a census data map showing socioeconomic data by census tracts, certain observations were made concerning the Presidential election in Akron. Black voters and lower income groups overwhelmi...

Do presidents use federal grants to help win elections? While a significant amount of research examines whether political actors allocate funds for electoral reasons, most focuses on legislators’ influence. This paper argues that the president and his subordinates strategically direct federal funding toward electorally competitive states. It uses a newly compiled database that includes all fede...

In the Norwegian context, eParticipation in the form of online campaigning has been on the agenda since 2001. After Obama’s successful presidential campaign in 2008, expectations about the use of SNS in the Norwegian parliamentary election were high. This study explores genres of participation in the early stages of the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election campaign. The main finding is that th...