Gubernatorial Stability in Iowa: A Stranglehold on Power

Gubernatorial Stability in Iowa: A Stranglehold on Power
Author: Christopher W. Larimer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137528133

This book uses a multi-method approach to explain why recent Iowa governors have been able to stay in office significantly longer than their peers. Voters in Iowa value a personal connection with their governor and those governors who ignore that expectation are held accountable at the polls.

Gubernatorial Stability in Iowa

Gubernatorial Stability in Iowa
Author: C. Larimer
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2014-01-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781349707898

This book uses a multi-method approach to explain why recent Iowa governors have been able to stay in office significantly longer than their peers. Voters in Iowa value a personal connection with their governor and those governors who ignore that expectation are held accountable at the polls.

Gubernatorial Stability in Iowa: A Stranglehold on Power

Gubernatorial Stability in Iowa: A Stranglehold on Power
Author: Christopher W. Larimer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137528133

This book uses a multi-method approach to explain why recent Iowa governors have been able to stay in office significantly longer than their peers. Voters in Iowa value a personal connection with their governor and those governors who ignore that expectation are held accountable at the polls.

The American Governor

The American Governor
Author: David P. Redlawsk
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2015-12-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113748067X

This volume brings together a broad range of research on governors in the American states, examining governors as potentially powerful leaders who are subject to a range of constraints, as well as considering how individual governors may choose leadership paths that either enhance or detract from that power.

From the Iowa Caucuses to the White House

From the Iowa Caucuses to the White House
Author: Andrew D. Green
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019-07-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030224996

Donald Trump won a significant victory in Iowa in 2016. Although Iowa was carried by Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, Trump won the popular vote in 93 of its 99 counties, 32 of which were carried by Obama in 2012. What explains this significant victory, in which a third of Iowa’s counties were flipped? Through a mixed-methods approach, this volume demonstrates that Trump’s electoral victory was shaped by three key factors: firstly, the electorate’s desire for “change” in Washington, D.C.; secondly, Trump’s successful appeals to both the Republican base and white, working-class voters who had previously supported Barack Obama; and thirdly, Iowa’s conservative ideological tendency regarding immigration and race. While contributing to emerging literature on the 2016 presidential elections, this book also serves to aid educators with a published resource on Iowa's electoral politics.