About the Author
Mark D. Brewer is associate professor of political science at the University of Maine. He is widely published and the author or coauthor of numerous journal articles and books, including Party Images in the American Electorate; Diverging Parties; Split: Class and Cultural Divides in American Politics; and Parties and Elections in America.
L. Sandy Maisel is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government and director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Colby College. He is the general editor of Political Parties and Elections in the United States; coauthor of Parties and Elections in America, and author or co-author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters.
