Introduction: The Current Crisis 3
I Some Themes in American Electoral History 23
1.The Changing Shape of the American Political Universe 25
2.Theory and Voting Research 58
3.Party Systems and the Political Process 92
II Who Votes? Who Doesn't? Does It Matter? 119
4.The Appearance and Disappearance of the American Voter 121
5.Shifting Patterns of Congressional Voting Participation 166
III Premonitions of Upheaval: The 1970s 205
6.Insulation and Responsiveness in Congressional Elections 207
7.The 1976 Election: Has the Crisis Been Adjourned? 229
IV The 1980s Come Next 249
8. American Politics in the 1980s 251
9. Into the 1980s with Ronald Reagan 268
Bibliography 321
Index 323