Description: List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Foreword 1 The Perot Campaigns in Theoretical Perspective Ted G. Jelen 2 The Television Candidate: H. Ross Perot's 1992 and 1996 Presidential Races Kenneth D. Nordin 3 A Case Study of a Third Presidential Campaign Organization:Virginians for Perot Andrew D. Martin and Brian E. Spang 4 Attitudes Toward Government, Partisan Dispositions, and the Rise of Ross Perot Jeffrey Koch 5 The Politics of a Bittersweet Economy: Economic Restructuring, Economic Stories, and Ross Perot in the Elections of 1992 and 1996 Solon Simmons and James Simmons 6 Structural Constraints on Perot Voting Patterns: The Effects of Religious Adherence Christopher P. Gilbert,Timothy R. Johnson, David A. M. Peterson, and Paul A. Djupe 7 Understanding Perot's Plummet Jeremy D. Mayer and Clyde Wilcox 8 From Ross the Boss to Jesse the Body: Did the Perot Phenomenon Spawn the Ventura Victory? Christopher P. Gilbert and David A. M. Peterson Index

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