Gubernatorial stability in Iowa : a stranglehold on power /

"Since 1969, governors of Iowa have averaged a decade in office, significantly longer than their peers in other states. Why? This book draws on approval data, interviews with politicos around the state, including two former governors, and a statewide survey of Iowa voters to explain Iowa's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Larimer, Christopher W. (Christopher Wesley) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Governors > Iowa. Iowa > Politics and government. Elections > United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / State & Provincial. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The 'personal' power of Iowa governors since 1969
3. Gubernatorial popularity and power in Iowa since 1969
4. 'Iowa comfort' and doing the 'full Grassley'
5. Iowa voters on Iowa governors
6. In Iowa, it's the economy and the person.