Final Grades Posted on Howdy

Enjoy your break!

Last Minute Office Hours

I will hold office hours to answer your last minute questions tomorrow from 10am-11:30am and 1-2pm. In addition, feel free to email with questions.

Remember that the final exam is in our regular class room from 8am-10am on Tuesday. Please make sure to bring two blue books in the event you need extra paper.

Good luck with the studying!

Grades Posted

Your grades are posted on e-Learning. You will notice that your grades include the final draft of the paper but do not include the most recent quiz. I will update when I finish grading the quizzes.

See you tomorrow for the Final Exam review session.

Reading for Friday Posted on Course Reserves

Friday's assigned reading, "Impact on Public Responses," from Evaluating Campaign Quality, is now available on the library's course reserve website.

Campaign Ethics

What standards (if any) should campaigns follow? How should campaigns be judged? Clearly a tradeoff exists between 1) winning election and 2) informing the public. The first is a private good where benefits are distributed to the winning candidate, the candidate's staff, and supporters. The second is a public good where benefits are distributed throughout society.

For the rest of the week we will talk about campaign reform, ethics, and norms. Please take a look at the Code of Ethics established by the American Association of Political Consultants, the governing body of professional campaign workers. See you in class on Wednesday and do not forget to bring the final draft of your papers to turn in.

Extra Office Hours

I will hold extra office hours tomorrow (Tuesday) from 10am-12pm to discuss your papers. I will also be available during the day and into the evening tomorrow to answer your questions.

Why did Harry Reid Survive the GOP Wave? (Part II)

So I posted an article last week that discussing the Reid campaign operation. Here is an article that discusses the Angle campaign operation. So, it is possible that Reid won reelection both because of his campaign's quality and his opponent's poor campaign.