6. Strategy and Tactics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Charts. Tables IX
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Parties: a Survey 6
7. 2. Platforms: the Genealogy of Ideas 12
8. 3. The Record at the Polls 32
9. 4. Geographic Patterns of Protest Voting in Presidential Elections 50
10. 5. The Economics of Protest Voting 78
11. 6. Strategy and Tactics 102
12. 7. Legal Barriers 125
13. 8. The Components of Protest Voting: Economic Discontent 137
14. 9. The Components of Protest Voting: Political Discontent 155
15. 10. Perspective 168
16. Appendix A: Voting for Head of Tickets of Farmer and Labor Parties in Presidential and State-wide Elections, 1872-1948 173
17. Appendix B: Parties and States of Farmer and Labor Party Representatives in Congress, 1860-1948 175
18. Index 179