Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Ted G. Jelen is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and coauthor (with Clyde Wilcox) of Public Attitudes Toward Church and State.

Reviews

"An important contribution to the field of political science. A clear and strong picture of who Perot's supporters were and why they had supported him."- Allison Calhoun-Brown, Georgia State University "Ross for Boss provides important insights into third party candidacies, and addresses and explains Perot's differential performances in the 1992 and 1996 elections very well." - Corwin Smidt, Calvin College