This course examines the role of campaigns in determining the outcome of both congressional and presidential elections and the way that electoral rules structure both campaign strategies and electoral outcomes. This course focuses on topics such as the role of the media, campaign advertising...
Elmore, Wade, Elizabeth Miller Vonnahame, Lauren Thompson, Diane Filion, and Jennifer D Lundgren. 2015. “Evaluating Political Candidates: Does Weight Matter?”. Translational Issues in Psychological Science 1 (3): 287.
I am an Associate Dean in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor in the Department of Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. My research and teaching interests fall within the general categories of public opinion and political psychology. At...