Parties and Elections

Fundamentals

Congressional elections

• Incumbents usually win
• Makeup of the constituency

Presidential Elections

• Nomination contests:  do not believe early polls
• Fundamentals of the 2014 election
• The electoral college

Campaign Finance

• Federal contributions limits (do not apply to state elections)
• Outside spending
• Bryn's post

Strategy and Tactics

• The demographics of the vote: the 2014 exit poll for the US House
• Turnout
• The Nunn Memo Set (see esp. 45 on message discipline)
• Message Box (pp. 29-30)

Archive of ads
Many sources on elections