AEI - Shop AEI

About AEI

My AEI


	Browse all books by:

	- Date


	- Subject


	- Author


	- Title



	Home



	About



	Events



	Books



	Short Publications



	Public Opinion Studies



	Scholars



	Other Links

Home > Research Areas > AEI's Political Corner > Books > The American Elections of 1982

The American Elections of 1982

Print		Mail

Edited by Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas E. Mann

Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

203 pages

AEI Press (Washington)

Publication Date: August 1983

Paperback

ISBN: 0844735310

Hardcover

ISBN: 0844735329

This title is currently out of print, but online booksellers sometimes have used copies available. See links below.

This volume, the second in a series initiated by AEI on the national elections in the United States, traces the key events and trends in the 1982 off-year or mid-term elections.

Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at AEI. Thomas E. Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Table of Contents

Preface

National Politics and the 1982 Campaign
Reapportionment and Redistricting
Parties, PACs, and Independent Groups
State House Elections at Midterm
Sending a Message: Voters and Congress in 1982

Appendixes
Contributors
Index

Recent Articles

	The GOP's Deep Hole
	Shifting Politics Reflect Changes in Regional Alignments
	Bush Willing to Help with Transition; What about the Senate?

Latest Book

Vital Statistics on Congress 2008

Subscribe to Our E-mail List

Send us an e-mail here.

Election Watch 2008

AEI's Election Watch series returns in December 2007 for its fourteenth season, bringing
together AEI's nationally renowned team of political analysts and other commentators. These sessions are essential for anyone who wants to understand the elections.

Public Opinion Snapshot - Who Will Win?

Regardless of who you support, and trying to be as objective as possible, who do you think will win the election in November . . . ? (October)

Obama McCain

60 38

CNN/Opinion Research Corp.

The Future of Red, Blue, and Purple America

The Future of Red, Blue, and Purple America is a joint project of the American Enterprise Institute and Brookings Institution that focuses on the impact of demographic and geographic change on the 2008 elections and beyond. Selected papers from the upcoming Brookings Institution Press book and presentations as well as audio, video, and summary files from the conference held at AEI on February 28 are available here.

AEI and Brookings have launched the Election Reform Project. The program is a joint effort to monitor the implementation of the Help America Vote Act and to develop a bipartisan policy agenda for further improvements in the administration of elections.