Contents

• The setting : George W. Bush, majority president / by Michael Nelson
• The nominations : technology, money, and transferable momentum / by Barry C. Burden
• The presidential election : the ills of American politics after 9/11 / by Gerald M. Pomper
• Voting behavior : the 2004 election and the roots of Republican success / by Nicole Mellow
• The media : the challenge and promise of Internet politics / by Matthew Robert Kerbel
• Campaign finance : funding the presidential and congressional elections / by Marian Currinder
• The presidency : the 2004 elections and the prospects for leadership / by Paul J. Quirk and Sean C. Matheson
• The Congress : the structural basis of Republican success / by Gary C. Jacobson
• The meaning of the election : ownership and citizenship in American life / by Wilson Carey McWilliams