This segment of the course has had two tracks, and the questions will be divided approximately equally between the two.

1. Twentieth Century American Electoral Politics.  You should know:
 a. The candidates in each of the elections and some of the outstanding events of the campaigns.
 b. Their party affiliations, the major themes of their campaigns, and their defining personality or character traits.
 c. How they fitted the climate of their times..
This information is available in the reading from the Encyclopedia of American Politics (on electronic reserve through IRIS) and on the New York Times site.

2. The 2000 Presidential election:
 a. The differences between the candidates on the major policy issues.
 b. Their campaign strategies.
 c. How they appealed to different groups and interests in society.
Information about issues is summarized in the articles I distributed in class on Tuesday - if you did not get a copy of these, pick one up on Thursday or look on the desk outside my office (325 Armitage) if I am not there.  Information on the campaign strategies is available in many of the readings linked from our home page, and was covered extensively in class.