Identity Politics in US National Elections

Chapter 1. Underrepresented: Identity Politics in 2020 and the Lessons for 2024.- Chapter 2. "Female Candidates in the 2020 Presidential Primary: The Consequences of Perceptions of Others Attitudes toward Electing a Female President.".- Chapter 3. "Election 2020 and the Rise African American Women and U.S. Politics".- Chapter 4. "Congressional Support of Black Lives Matter and Its Impact on the 2020 Elections".- Chapter 5.  "Black Lives Matter, Race & Voting in 2020: Does proximity to BLM protests impact voting share changes?".- Chapter 6. "The Rainbow Wave: From Descriptive to Substantive Representation".- Chapter 7. "Older Adults' Influence in the 2020 Election: Stability or Change?".- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Tauna S. Sisco is Professor of Sociology at Saint Anselm College, USA. She received her doctorate from Purdue University. Her research interests include studies of social problems, gender and politics, and quantitative analysis in healthcare practice. The co-author of several edited volumes on U.S. elections, her work has also appeared in Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, Feminist Media Studies, Congress & the Presidency, and the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Jennifer C. Lucas is Professor of Politics at Saint Anselm College, USA, where she teaches courses on congressional politics and gender politics.  She holds a PhD from the University of Maryland - College Park and is the former co-Editor of the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy.  Her research has appeared in Politics & Gender, American Politics Research, Politics & Policy, and Politics, Groups, and Identities, and she has co-edited several volumes on campaign and elections, including Polarization and Political Party Factions in the 2020 Election (2022) with Tauna S. Sisco and Christopher Galdieri.




Christopher J. Galdieri is Professor of Politics at Saint Anselm College, USA. He received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota. He is a frequent commentator on New Hampshire and presidential primary politics. He is the author of Stranger in a Strange State:  The Politics of Carpetbagging from Robert Kennedy to Scott Brown (2019) and Donald Trump and New Hampshire Politics (2019).