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First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders).
~ Thomas E. Mann
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Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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Second, the President's popularity has not translated into increased support for the Republican party or for the policies and approaches on domestic policy championed by the President.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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The public's evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically as a result of the horrific attacks of September 11 and his response in leading the country on a campaign against terrorism.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.
~ Thomas E. Mann
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A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.
~ Todd Gitlin
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All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best.
~ Todd Gitlin
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American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.
~ Todd Gitlin
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Americas are, for a variety of reasons, the most adept at producing the kind of entertainment that delivers easy satisfactions.
~ Todd Gitlin
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As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.
~ Todd Gitlin
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Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of the psychic goods we crave, and we know no other way to live.
~ Todd Gitlin
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Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given.
~ Todd Gitlin
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