In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing...#Thomas E Mann
Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well...#Thomas E Mann
First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that...#Thomas E Mann
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.#Thomas E Mann
All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September...#Thomas E Mann
A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan...#Thomas E Mann
With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the...#Thomas E Mann
While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning...#Thomas E Mann
Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion,...#Thomas E Mann
The public's evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically...#Thomas E Mann
