Campaigns and Elections

Catalog description

This course will focus on the procedures of campaigns and elections, past and present. It will examine the various parts of an election campaign (money, organization, strategy, use of the media) in order to gain a better understanding of how modern campaigns are run and differ from campaigns in the past. Case studies will be utilized to illustrate key concepts and ideas. The course will focus on the congressional and/or presidential campaigns in process as the course is taught. No prerequisite. (Offered every even fall term.)