Campaigns on the cutting edge / edited by Richard J. Semiatin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Campaigns on the cutting edge -- Fundraising, continuity and change -- Paid media in an era of rapid and revolutionary change -- Social and new media, an evolving future -- Polling in the 21st century, part past, part future -- Voter mobilization, into the future -- Political parties, beyond revitalization -- Interest groups and the future of campaigns -- Campaign press coverage, instantaneous -- Campaign finance reform in the post-citizens united era -- Redistricting, the shift towards South and West continues -- Women and campaigns, growing female activism from the grassroots to the top -- Minority candidates and the changing landscape of campaigns in the 21st century -- New political campaigns and democracy.