Election 2008: AU Experts
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Sarah Brewer - women and political leadership; women and campaigns

Curtis Gans - citizen political participation in the U.S.

Allan Lichtman - campaigns and the presidency; election prediction; presidential and congressional campaigns; presidential history

David Lublin - African American and Latino politics; southern politics; redistricting

Dotty Lynch - polling; survey research, the presidency

Binny Miller - voting rights and elections

Candice Nelson - congressional elections; campaign finance reform; voting behavior; political party identification; political action committees

 

Karen O'Connor - women and politics and public policy; abortion politics

Barbara Palmer - women and congressional elections; American politics and the law

Robert Pastor - election management, U.S. election reform, pioneered the technique of “election mediation” to assist transitions to democracy throughout the world

Jamin Raskin - voting rights; law of the American political process; campaign finance; state, local and national politics

Brian Schaffner - voting behavior; campaign advertising; news media coverage of campaigns; role of parties in the electoral decision

 

Richard Semiatin - campaigns; Congress; executive branch

Leonard Steinhorn - campaigns; the religious right; race relations; social movements; civil rights

Steven Taylor - urban politics; politics of race and ethnicity

James Thurber - interest groups; campaign finance legislation; public opinion; voting behavior; campaign management; campaign reform; public opinion

Lewis Wolfson - the presidency; power in Washington; congressional relations; elections and public opinion