Presidential Electors and the Electoral College:  An Examination of Lobbying, Wavering Electors, and Campaigns for Faithless Votes
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Table 2.1. Nomination Procedures for Presidential Electors

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Table 2.2. State Control over Presidential Electors

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Table 2.3. Recent Faithless Electors and Their Rationales

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Table 3.1. Demographic Characteristics of Presidential Electors and the Citizenry

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Table 3.2. Monetary Contributions of Electors

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Table 3.3. Statistics for Party Activity Variables

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Table 3.4. Correlation Coefficients for Party Activity and Political Giving Variables

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Table 3.5. Mean Contributions and Party Activity Index

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Table 3.6. Levels of Party Activity and Political Giving by Selection Method

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Table 3.7. Logistic Regression Results: Florida Affected Bush’s Legitimacy (All Electors)

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Table 3.8. Logistic Regression Results: Florida Affected Bush’s Legitimacy (Republicans Only)

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Table 4.1. Characteristics of the 2004 Electors

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