Maine

Christian P. Potholm II

doi:10.5771/9780739157428

Summary

Christian Potholm has worked as a political insider and activist for much of the last forty years, dividing his time between the classroom and the election arena. By analyzing the interactive ebbs and flows of political campaigns, Potholm uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis to understand the process and make predictions regarding the outcome. He contends that political campaigns waged in the State of Maine display a strong dynamic quality independent of the instant polls and reports that our media sources use to predict outcomes. Through quantitative analysis, Potholm shows that Maine political campaigns are underpinned by a positive sense of well being unique to the country, a character that celebrates its freedom and essence in all facets of society. Potholm dissects his study using data as well as anecdotal references to share the political and psychological dimensions of Maine politics in all of their dynamism.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2005
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-1333-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-5742-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 155
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Introduction No access
1. Introduction No access
2. In Praise of Virgins No access
3. A Whole New Ball Game No access
4. Campaign in 3D No access
5. The Perfect Storm No access
6. A Grand Moment No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Reality Check No access
3. Time Speeded Up by Events No access
4. Here Comes the Judge No access
5. There Goes the Judge No access
6. A Sinking Ship? No access
7. The Ides of March No access
8. Uzi Suzie No access
9. Elections and the Role of Biography No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Vox Populi No access
3. Behold the Psychographies No access
4. Some Who Mattered No access
5. Everybody Won? No access
6. "Free Martha" No access
7. A Cascade of Ironies No access
8. Queen of the North—and South No access
1. Introduction No access
2. A Continuing Tradition No access
3. Vindication No access
4. Statesman? No access
5. Ode to John No access
6. Bed and Political Breakfast No access
7. "Anybody but Bush"? No access
8. Nader and Negativity No access
9. In the Shadow of Margaret No access
10. End Game No access
11. The Big Winner No access
1. Introduction No access
2. A Wonderful Opportunity No access
3. North to "Alaska" No access
4. "Gunner" Hornbeck No access
5. An Unexpected Joy No access
6. The Dooryards of Broken Dreams No access
7. Maine: The Way Life Should Be No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Dr. Banda No access
3. Welcome Somalis No access
4. "41" and "43" No access
5. We Were So Blessed No access
1. Giving Thanks No access
References No access Pages 153 - 154
About the Author No access Pages 155 - 155