Identity Politics in US National Elections

This book assembles eight chapters by respected and emerging scholars in political science, sociology, and psychology to produce a sustained look at the wide range of identity politics in the 2020 US National Election and the lessons for 2024.  These chapters emerged from papers presented at the American Elections Symposium held at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in March of 2021; six edited volumes have been produced based on research presented at previous conferences. They apply an impressive diversity of theoretical explanations and methodological approaches to explore the factors that shape American elections, and what impact it could have in the future of diversity and democracy.

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).