University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts Dept. of Political Science

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30:127 Political Campaigning
T/Th 9:30-10:45, 22SH
Last update 10/8/08

Professor David Redlawsk
Department of Political Science

2008 Syllabus (Adobe PDF File)

Syllabus has been updated 9/25/08. There was a minor error in the schedule, creating confuising on when the polling paper is due. It is due November 11; this version makes that clear.

Here is the link to the CITI education page for Human Subjects Training.

One of our books - Semiatin, Campaigns in the 21st Century, has a website with links and information. Take a look!

Discussion Board

We will use ICON for discussions and the posting of materials for this class that cannot be posted on an open site (for copyright reasons, etc.) Log onto ICON with your HawkID.

Democratic National Convention Class Blog. Use the ID and Password emailed to you to logon.

Links to Important Information
Click here for links important to this class, including links to online readings required for this class.


Links to Johnson County area campaigns
Click here for campaign contact info for your campaign experience requirement.

CAMPAIGN CONTACTS UPDATED 9/10

CLASS NOTES:
Polling Paper expectations - I have specified in more detail what I expect from your paper on polling, due November 11. Details are on ICON.

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE. Details are on the NEWS section of our ICON site.

Time for some campaignin' - and a little fun. Here's the latest from JibJab.


IF YOU NEED A NEW COPY OF THE VOLUNTEER FORM, you can get it here directly.

Important: I have been elected as a pledged John Edwards Delegate (voting for Obama) to the Democratic National Convention, August 25-29, 2008, in Denver. The result is that I will NOT be in town for our first week of classes August 26/28. However, we will STILL HAVE CLASS those days. I will meet the class remotely via webcam so you are expected to be there.

Please note. One of the requirements of this class is to participate in an Exit Poll on election day (Nov 4.) For the exit poll members of the class will spend up to four hours at a polling location asking voters to answer questions. The results will then be discussed in class to help us understand what the Iowa City and Coraville electorate was thinking in 2008. You will need to be available during at least one polling shift on Tuesday, November 4. Shifts will run from 7:00-10:30, 10:15-1:45, 1:30-5:00, and 4:45-8:15. Locations will be in Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty. Please be prepared to participate in this project if you are a member of this class. If you have questions, please email me. To see some of our results from a previous exit poll (2006), click here (Powerpoint format).