Parties at War : Partisan Sorting and the Contemporary American Electorate (Hardcover)

Introduction: An Era of Tenuous Majorities  Part 1: The Contemporary American Electorate  1. Has the American Public Polarized?  2. The American Public Has Sorted  3. Sorted Parties and Intense Partisanship  4. Has Party Sorting Produced a New Engaged Public?  Part 2: Contemporary American Elections  5. An Era of Unstable Majorities Examined  6. A Reconsideration of Independents  7. The Re-Nationalization of Congressional Elections  Part 3:  8. A Comparative Perspective  9. A Historical Perspective  10. Conclusion