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Contents Acknowledgments ix The Study of Political Campaigns Henry E. Brady, Richard Johnston, and John Sides 1 I Voter Decision Making and Campaign Effects The Paradox of Minimal Effects Stephen Ansolabehere 29 The Impact of Campaigns on Discrepancies, Errors, and Biases in Voting Behavior Patrick Fournier 45 Priming and Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns Larry M. Bartels 78 II Research Designs and Statistical Methods for Studying Campaign Effects Campaigns as Experiments Stephen Ansolabehere 115 Three Virtues of Panel Data for the Analysis of Campaign Effects Larry M. Bartels 134 The Rolling Cross-Section and Causal Attribution Henry E. Brady and Richard Johnston 164 III Campaign Effects in Congressional and Senatorial Races: Information and Issues Measuring Campaign Spending Effects in U.S. House Elections Gary C. Jacobson 199 Informational Rhythms of Incumbent-Dominated Congressional Elections Laurel Elms and Paul M. Sniderman 221 Alternative Tests for the Effects of Campaigns and Candidates on Voting Behavior Benjamin Highton 242 IV The Rules of the Game and Election Results Do Polls InBuence the Vote? André Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Neil Nevitte 263 Strategic Learning in Campaigns with Proportional Representation: Evidence from New Zealand Richard Johnston and Jack Vowles 280 V The Role of the Mass Media Studying Statewide Political Campaigns R. Michael Alvarez and Alexandra Shankster 307 Gender, Media Coverage, and the Dynamics of Leader Evaluations: The Case of the 1993 Canadian Election Elisabeth Gidengil and Joanna Everitt 336 Mass Media and Third-Party Insurgency Richard Jenkins 356 Contributors 383 Index 385 ...