“Thesis: Economic conditions influence voter choices, election patterns, and the

“Thesis: Economic conditions influence
voter choices, election patterns, and the larger debate over the connection of economics
and politics in the democratic process.
Include case studies, examples in history like the Great Depression/Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s New Deal policies, 1980’s Economic Expansion/Ronald Reagan’s presidency, 2008 Global Financial
Crisis/Obama’s Election, many more and statistical reports.
Include these questions as a subtopic on top of other ones:
1. Why are
Republicans more concerned about economic issues compared to Democrats? 
2. Why is there a perception of
the South being more authoritarian and the North being more democratic?
(Try) to cite from these sources below if possible, and if not, relate it to a lot of Political Behavior books and articles.
Paul R. Abramson, John H. Aldrich, Jamie L. Carson, Brad T. Gomez and David W. Rohde, CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE 2020 and 2022 ELECTIONS (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2023)
Elizabeth A. Theiss-Morse, Michael W. Wagner, William H. Flanigan and Nancy H. Zingale, POLITICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE, 14th Ed.(Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2018)
Glynn, Herbst, Lindeman, O’Keefe and Shapiro, PUBLIC OPINION, 3rd edition, (Boulder, Co: Westview Press, 2016)
John R. Hibbing and Kevin B. Smith, eds., “The Biology of Political Behavior,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 614, November 2007