Public Perspective

America at the Polls: 1998

December/January 1998, Vol. 10, No. 1
America at the Polls: 1998

Table of Contents

A statistical review of the issues and outcomes of Election 1998. Also, tracking the campaign contribution trail, and assessing the political party system since the realignment of the 1960s.

"The 1998 Vote: Gauging Mid-Term Political Performances" Barnes, James A.
"Election (1998) Box Score" (data)
"Pay Attention - It Was About Something" Benedetto, Richard
"Outcome Doesn't Suggest A Need for GOP Policy Moderation" Steeper, Fred
"In Fact, It Was a GOP Victory - But the Party Is at Risk in 2000" Edwards, George C. III
"Sex Scandals Are Survivable" Holland, Keating
"Remembering Old Lessons" Newhouse, Neil
"Moderates Dictated the Election Outcome" Penn, Mark J.
"Trust the Polls, Ignore the Pundits" Deane, Claudia & Richard Morin
"The Polls vs. Conventional Wisdom" Bannon, Brad
"Reading the Electorate: Internet-Based Polls Were Shown to Work" Taylor, Humphrey
"America's Views and Mood 1998" (data essay)
"The Shape of the Electorate" (data)
"The Dog That Didn't Bark: The GOP Loses Ground Among the Affluent" Norman, Jim
"Look to the Governors - Federalism Still Lives" Bowman, Karlyn H.
"Latinos, Asians Figure Prominently In California's New Electoral Landscape" Pinkus, Susan
"D'Amato Comes Up Short (and Other Interesting Tales From New York)" Miringoff, Lee M.
"A Century Later - The Experiment With Citizen-Initiated Legislation Continues" Waters, M. Dane
"1998 Vote: Initiatives and Referenda" (data)
"Little Competition, But Lots of Money" Makinson, Larry
"The Money Story - Congressional Campaign Spending)" (data)
"Postscript: The Postindustrial Party System at Middle Age" Ladd, Everett C.