The Roads to Congress 2018: American Elections in the Trump Era

Part I Congress in Transition.- 1. The 2018 Midterm Elections and the Changing Congress.- 2. Toward a More Inclusive Union? Examining the Increased Diversity of Candidates and Members of Congress.- 3. Fear and Loathing on Twitter: Exploring Negative Rhetoric in Tweets During the 2018 Midterm Election.- 4. Partisanship in the Trump Era: Situating Contemporary Congressional Parties in Historical Perspective.- 5. President Trump's Effect on House Republicans.- Part II U.S. House.- 6. California's 48th Congressional District: Sunset for Reagan Country.- 7. Florida's 26th and 27th Congressional Districts: Two Cuban American Strongholds Support Non-Cuban Democrats for Congress.- 8. Michigan's 11th Congressional District and the Anti-Trump Wave.- 9. Minnesota's 1st and 8th Congressional Districts: Riptide-Two Republicans Prevail Against the Blue Wave.- 10. New York's 19th and 22nd Congressional Districts: The Blue Wave Overwhelms the Red Tide.- 11. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Conor Lamb, the Pennsylvania Wunderkind.- Part III U.S. Senate.- 12. North Dakota Senate Race: A Right Turn.- 13. A Senate Trifecta: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.- 14. Tennessee Senate Race: Call It What You Want, but Tennessee Is a Red Wall to the South.- 15. Texas Senate Race: "If You Want to Run in Texas, You Can't Be a Liberal Man"-Beto O'Rourke Challenges Ted Cruz, and Conventional Wisdom.- Part IV Roads Ahead.- 16. Lessons Learned from the 2018 Elections.