Overheads and Handouts for
American Political Systems

DR. VINCENT McGUIRE
 

The Madisonian System of Government

  The Madisonian Scheme

  Critique of Madison's Republic

  Bernard Mandeville: The Fable of the Bees

  The Collective Action Problem

  Responsible Party Theory

  Pluralist Theory

  Comparison of Pluralism and RPT

  Responsible Party Theory's critique of Madison and their plan


Parties

  Voting, Computers and Politics

  E-Voting

  Turnout

  Turnout since 1868

  Participation by Age

  Decline of Parties

  Demography of Parties, 1990s

  Party ID

  Midterm Losses by the President's Party

  Systems of Representation

  Term Limits: Pro and Con

  Turnout and Suffrage 

  The Party System in American History


Pluralism

  Who Joins Interest Groups?


The United States Congress

  Madisonian Theory and Congress

  Congress and Representation

  Two Congressional Functions:  Lawmaking v Representation

  Two Congressional Functions:  Fragmentation v Integration

  Pre modern v Modern Congress

  Advertising Among Members

  Congressional Allowances

  Congressional Committees Comparison

  Length of Service, House and Senate

  Congressional Mailings

  Reelection Rates, House and Senate, 1946-1994

  Growth in the House of Representatives

  The Tragedy of the Commons: I

  The Tragedy of the Common: II

  "Congressional Decentralization in Design and Evolution" Burdett     A. Loomis



The American Presidency

  Madisonian Theory and the Presidency

  The Presidency

  James David Barber's Scheme

  Electoral College:

        1. Reversal of Popular Winner

        2. Hairbreadth elections

  Vice Presidents look at the Job

  Rating the Presidents

   Opinion Journal Rankings


The Executive

  Executive Departments


Congress and the Presidency

     Divided Government:

      Districts with Split Results


Media Watchers:

  Accuracy in Media

  Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

   Media Research Center