Candice Nelson Professor Government
- Additional Positions at 헤라카지노 주소
- Co-Director, MA in Political Communication
- Degrees
- PhD University of California at Berkeley
MA University of California, Los Angeles
BA Wheaton College - Bio
- Candice J. Nelson is a Professor in the Department of Government and the Academic Director of the Campaign Management Institute. She is an expert on presidential and congressional elections, and also studies voting behavior and partisanship. Her most recent book is Campaigns and Elections American Style, 6th ed. (with James A. Thurber and David A. Dulio).
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Teaching
Summer 2024
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GOVT-020 Campaign Management Institute
Fall 2024
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GOVT-521 Topics in Campaign Management: Survey Research
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GOVT-628 Proseminar in Political Comm
Spring 2025
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GOVT-521 Topics in Campaign Management: Evolving the Digital Campaign
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GOVT-521 Topics in Campaign Management: Paid Poltcl Media: Thry/Pract
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
Congressional and Presidential Elections and Voting Behavior
Selected Publications
- Campaigns and Elections American Style, 6th ed. (with James A. Thurber and David A. Dulio) Routlege Press, 2024.
- Grant Park: The Democratization of Presidential Elections 1968-2008, The Brookings Institution, 2011
- Vital Signs: The Health of American Campaigning (with David Dulio), The Brookings Institution, 2005
- Campaigns and Elections American Style , ed. (with James Thurber), Westview Press, 2004
- Shades of Gray: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics , ed. (with David Dulio and Stephen Medvic), Brookings, 2002
- Campaign Warriors: Political Consultants in Elections , ed. (with James Thurber), Brookings, 2000
- Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections , ed. (with James Thurber and David Dulio), Brookings2000
- The Myth of the Independent Voter (with Keith et. al.), University of California Press, 1992
- The Money Chase: Congressional Campaign Finance Reform (with David Magleby), Brookings, 1990