THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF POLITICS
Editors Brinck Kerr, University of Arkansas John C. Green, University of Akron Editorial Assistant Barbara Warner, University of Arkansas Book Reviews Richard L. Engstrom, Center for Civil Rights, University of North Carolina School of Law
Editorial Board Charles J. Barrilleaux Jan E. Leighley Florida State University University of Arizona Harold F. Bass Thomas Longoria, Jr. Ouachita Baptist University Texas Tech University John F. Bibby Susan A. MacManus University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee University of South Florida Paul Brace L. Sandy Maisel Rice University Colby College Charles S. Bullock, III Thomas E. Mann University of Georgia The Brookings Institution Allan J. Cigler Thomas R. Marshall University of Kansas University of Texas, Arlington Michael D. Martinez Gary W. Copeland University of Florida University of Oklahoma David R. Mayhew William Crotty Yale University Northeastern University Paula D. McClain Robert E. Darcy Duke University Oklahoma State University Michael D. McDonald George C. Edwards, III State University of New York, Binghamton Texas A&M University Penny Miller Ronald A. Faucheux University of Kentucky Campaigns & Elections Magazine Will Miller Frank B. Feigert University of Arkansas University of North Texas Karen O'Connor Luis Ricardo Fraga The American University Stanford University Bruce I. Oppenheimer R. Keith Gaddie Vanderbilt University University of Oklahoma Huey L. Perry James L. Gibson Southern University Washington University, St. Louis Charles Prysby Micheal W. Giles University of North Carolina, Greensboro Emory University Arlene W. Saxonhouse Sheldon Goldman University of Michigan University of Massachusetts, Amherst Todd G. Shields Melinda Gann Hall University of Arkansas Stephen D. Shaffer Michigan State University Mississippi State University Paul S. Herrnson Harold W. Stanley University of Maryland, College Park University of Rochester Patricia A. Hurley Joseph Stewart, Jr. Texas A&M University Clemson University John S. Jackson, III James A. Stimson Southern Illinois University University of North Carolina Ruth S. Jones Carol M. Swain Arizona State University Vanderbilt University
Previous Editors Gary D. Wekkin, University of Central Arkansas Charles D. Hadley, University of New Orleans
THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF POLITICS
Volume 27 Fall 2006
CONTENTS
Economies and Politics: Egocentric or Sociotropic? Brad Lockerbie ...... 191
Connecting Supreme Court Decisions, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion: The Case of Lawrence v. Texas Mahalley D. Allen and Donald P. Haider-Markel ...... 209
Race, Party, and Representation: Health Care Attitudes in a Modern Southern State David A. Breaux, Doug Goodman, Barbara Patrick, and Stephen D. Shaffer ...... 231
Exchange
What to Do about Turnout Bias in American Elections: A Response to Wink and Weber Thomas L. Brunell ...... 255
A Reply to “What to Do about Turnout Bias in American Elections” Kenneth A. Wink and Ronald E. Weber ...... 261
Table of Contents for Winter 2006-07 ...... 267
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THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF POLITICS
Volume 27 Fall 2006
Economies and Politics: Egocentric or Sociotropic? Brad Lockerbie ...... 191
Connecting Supreme Court Decisions, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion: The Case of Lawrence v. Texas Mahalley D. Allen and Donald P. Haider-Markel ...... 209
Race, Party, and Representation: Health Care Attitudes in a Modern Southern State David A. Breaux, Doug Goodman, Barbara Patrick, and Stephen D. Shaffer ...... 231
Exchange
What to Do about Turnout Bias in American Elections: A Response to Wink and Weber Thomas L. Brunell ...... 255
A Reply to “What to Do about Turnout Bias in American Elections” Kenneth A. Wink and Ronald E. Weber ...... 261
Table of Contents for Winter 2006-07 ...... 267
Volume 27 Winter 2006-07
The President’s Domestic Agenda, Divided Government, and the Relationship to the Public Agenda Jeff Cummins ...... 269
American Foreign Policy Opinion in 2004: Exploring Underlying Beliefs Steven E. Schier and Andrew Kaufman ...... 295
Racial Polarization or Biracial Coalition? An Empirical Analysis of the Electoral Coalition of Winning Candidates in Urban Elections James Martin Vanderleeuw and Baodong Paul Liu ...... 319
Direct Democracy and Organized Interests: Examining the Existence of a Participation Gap among Groups Robert Alexander ...... 345
Book Reviews ...... 367