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Pol333 - Elections, American Style

Paul Gronke  424 Eliot Hall Office Hours: Monday 9-11 AM and by appt. Email: gronke at reed.edu Phone: 517-7393
Course Syllabus
E-Readings:	Assignments:
Articles from the Forum (week two)
How to get to the statistical data that we work with
Guides to using Stata and SPSS	How to get ICPSR Data into Stata and SPSS
Stata: http://data.princeton.edu/stata/, http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/stats_packages/stata/stata.htm	http://einstein.library.emory.edu/icpsr_to_Stata_ASCII.shtml
SPSS http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/stats_packages/spss/spss.htm http://data.fas.harvard.edu/projects/SPSS_Tutorial/spsstut.shtml More tutorials: http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu/training/tutorials/	http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-FAQ/0062.xml ICPSR Guide to SAS and SPSS Data Definition Statements
Election Resources
Graphics from Abramson, Aldrich, and Rohde: Presidential Results, 1952-1980 Presidential Results, 1968-1984 Presidential Results, 1972-1988 Presidential Results, 1984-2000 Reagan, 1980 and 1984 Bush, 1988 Clinson, 1992 Bush, 2004	2004 Results Blue and the Red Map The "Purple" Map County Results from USA Today Statistical Data ICPSR "Setups: The 2004 Election" Campaign Advertisements CNN "All Politics" Presidential Advertising archive National Journal Ad Spotlight PBS: The 30 Second Candidate Movie Day!
Appendix B from Lijphart’s Book on Party Systems
Graphics from the MacroPolity dealing with Partisanship MacroPolity Table Macro Polity First Figure Macro Polity Second Figure Macro Polity Third Figure Macro Polity Fourth Figure Macro Polity Fifth Figure