State of change [electronic resource] : Colorado politics in the twenty-first century / edited by Courtenay W. Daum, Robert J. Duffy, John A. Straayer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: state of change: Colorado politics in the twenty-first century / Courtenay W. Daum, Robert J. Duffy, Kyle Saunders, and John A. Straayer -- Colorado: sometimes red and sometimes blue / Robert D. Loevy -- What's going on? the shifting terrain of federal elections in Colorado / Robert J. Duffy and Kyle Saunders -- Colorado's central role in the 2008 presidential election cycle / Seth E. Masket -- Impact of direct democracy on Colorado state politics / Daniel A. Smith -- Colorado's new election day world / Scott Doyle, Larimer County Elections Staff, and John A. Straayer -- The Colorado general assembly: it ain't what it used to be / John A. Straayer -- How Gavel changed party politics in Colorado's general assembly / Mike Binder, Vladimir Kogan, and Thad Kousser -- Disparate impact: term limits, female representatives, and the Colorado state legislature / Courtenay W. Daum -- One thing after another: layers of policy and Colorado's fiscal train wreck / John A. Straayer -- Financial architecture of post-republican Colorado / Scott Moore.

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