Karen M Kaufmann Author

Karen M. Kaufmann is an Associate Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. She is well-known for her research on the gender gap in political behavior and has published various articles on presidential primaries and political campaign strategies. She is the author of The Urban Voter (2004), and is widely recognized for her research regarding racial and ethnic politics. She has appeared on CNN's Inside Politics. John R. Petrocik is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the University of Missouri. He has authored or coauthored books and research articles on mass attitudes and behavior, political parties, and elections and campaigns. One of the books, The Changing American Voter (Harvard University Press 1976, Revised 1979) received the Woodrow Wilson award in 1977 from the American Political Science Association for the best book on American politics in that year. Daron R. Shaw is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas-Austin. In 2006, he published The Race to 270 (University of Chicago Press) which analyzes the effects of TV advertising and candidate visits on the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. He served as a strategist in the 2000 and 2004 presidential election campaigns and is on the Fox News national decision team.