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Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The State of the Parties: Change and Continuity in 2024
John C. Green, J. Cherie Strachan, Kenneth M. Miller, and David B. Cohen
Part I: State of the Parties
Chapter 2: Where are We in History? The Evolution of a Party System
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner
Chapter 3: How Unusual was 2024? Asymmetrical Competition in Presidential Nominations
Caitlin E. Jewitt and Gregory Shufeldt
Chapter 4: How Democratic is American "Democracy"?
Rick Farmer and Christopher H. Owen
Part II: Party Activists
Chapter 5: Factions at the Grassroots: The Influence of Party in Grassroots-Level Political Activism
Geoffrey C. Layman, Shay Hafner, and John C. Green
Chapter 6: Insurgent Faction Response to Democratic Electoral Failure: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Ronald B. Rapoport and Andrew Engelhardt
Chapter 7: What do Party Elites Think about Election Reform?
Robert G. Boatright, Samantha J. DeRagon, Eric Heberlig, Karen Sebold, and Caroline J. Tolbert
Part III: Party Voters
Chapter 8: Factions and Parties in a Polarized Era: A View of the Mass Public
Michael J. Ensley and Zachary Morris
Chapter 9: Working Class Voters in the Trump Era
Michael E. Shepherd
Chapter 10: Realigning or Retrospective Voting? Evidence from Bellwether Nevada in 2024
David F. Damore and Kenneth M. Miller
Chapter 11: The Polarized Type: Affective Polarization and Issue Polarization Among the Party-In-The-Electorate
Jeremiah J. Castle, J. Cherie Strachan, and Kyla K. Stepp
Part IV: Party Activities
Chapter 12: Political Party Contacting in the 2024 Election
Brian J. Brox
Chapter 13: What Parties Do: Competitiveness and State Political Party Activities in the 2024 Elections
Matthew J. Kim and Barry C. Burden
Chapter 14: The Impact of Organizational Characteristics on Super PAC Strategy and Spending in Congressional Elections
Jay Goodliffe and Paul S. Herrnson
Chapter 15: Political Parties and Surrogate Representation: How Parties Shape Donations in Single Member Districts
Hans Noel
Part V: Party Organizations
Chapter 16: The Organizational Structure of State Parties
Doug Roscoe
Chapter 17: Did the Democratic Party Abandon Rural America? Evidence from a Survey of Local Party Officials
Daniel M. Shea and Nicholas F. Jacobs
Chapter 18: Why American Third Parties Fail - Even Under the Best Circumstances
Bernard Tamas
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