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

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30:119:004 Fall 2008
Problems in American Politics:
The Modern Political Campaign

M, 9:30-12:20, 21 SH
Last update 8/20/08

Professor David Redlawsk
Department of Political Science

FALL 2008 SYLLABUS

The syllabus is now available. Please note that there may still be changes. If so, they will be posted here.

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

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 Username and Password emailed to you to logon.

Links to Important Information
Click here for links important to this class. This will take you to the links for the 30:127 Political Campaigning class which we'll also use. You will also see links to online readings required for our class.

Links to Johnson County area campaigns
Click here for local campaign contact info in case you are interested.


CLASS NOTES:

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 class meeting on August 25. However, we will STILL HAVE CLASS that day. I will be meeting 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 probably run from 7:30-11:30, 11:00-3:00, 2:30-6:30. 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).