Instructor: Keith T. Poole
Office:
Room 304D Baldwin Hall
E-Mail: ktpoole@uga.edu
WebSite: K7MOA Home Page
Office Hours: By Appointment
The following texts will be
used in this course:
Requirements
Grades will be determined by three short multiple-choice examinations and your mandatory attendance
at a Luncheon in the Georgia Center on Friday May 26. Attending the Luncheon will be worth one exam.
The Luncheon plus the best of 2 out of 3 exams will be used to
to determine your grade. The best 2 of 3 exams are all equally weighted. The exams will be Friday May 12,
Friday May 19, and Tuesday May 30. The exams will be at most 45 minutes as they will be
short with no "tricks".
Example MC Questions 2nd Exam
This is a special course that is meant to highlight my work on measuring political ideology.
The University is holding a
conference in honor of my 70th birthday on May 26. Accordingly, I will be showing you my work with many of
my coauthors on how we were able to reinterpret and add to the understanding of key events in American history.
Final Program for Birthday Conference
My Coauthors (PowerPoint)
The Poole-Rosenthal Method of Measuring Ideology
(Note that the links to voteview.uh.edu should be
k7moa.com. The pages
are still on the website.)
Course Outline
Assignment:
Agenda for Topic 1
Handout for Topic 1 (Part 1, PowerPoint)
Roll Calls on Hamilton's Economic Program (PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 1 (Part 2, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 1 (Part 3, PowerPoint)
The Alien Act of 1798
The Sedition Act of 1798
The Virginia Resolution of 1798 Written
by James Madison
The Kentucky Resolution of 1799 Written
by Thomas Jefferson
Handout for Topic 1 (Part 4, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 1 (Part 5, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 1 (Part 6, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 1 (Part 7, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 2 (Part 8, PowerPoint)
Chapter 3 of Poole and Rosenthal (1997)(pdf)
Assignment:
Chapter 5 of Poole and Rosenthal (1997)(pdf)
Agenda for Topic 2
Assignment:
Agenda for Topic 3
Handout for Topic 3 (Part 1, Political Overview, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 3 (Part 2, Coal and Steel, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 3 (Part 3, Monopolies and Trusts, PowerPoint)
What is Truth? (PDF)
Handout for Topic 3 (Part 4, Farmers, Railroads, Gold and Silver, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 3 (Part 5, The Labor Movement, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 3 (Part 6, The 1896 Election, PowerPoint)
Roll Calls on Gold and Silver (PowerPoint)
Assignment:
Agenda for Topic 4
Assignment:
Chapters 7 and 8 of Poole and Rosenthal (1997)(pdf)
Chapter 11 of Poole and Rosenthal (1997)(pdf)
Agenda for Topic 5
Video of DW-NOMINATE
Handout for Topic 5 (Part 1, Political Overview, PowerPoint)
The Top-Bottom Coalition in the Democratic Party
Handout for Topic 5 (Part 2, The Great Depression and the Initial
Realignment, 1930-1937, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 5 (Part 3, The Northern and Southern Democratic Parties Split,
1938 -- c. 1990, PowerPoint)
Handout for Topic 5 (Part 4, The Party System, c. 1990 - Now, PowerPoint)
Site Links
VOTEVIEW Blog
NOMINATE Data, Roll Call Data, and Software
Course Web Pages: University of Georgia (2010 - )
Course Web Pages: UC San Diego (2004 - 2010)
University of San Diego Law School (2005)
Course Web Pages: University of Houston (2000 - 2005)
Course Web Pages: Carnegie-Mellon University (1997 - 2000)
Analyzing Spatial Models of Choice and Judgment with R
Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting
Recent Working Papers
Analyses of Recent Politics
About This Website
K7MOA Log Books: 1960 - 2017
Bio of Keith T. Poole
Related Links