Dante Scala

Research Interests
- American elections and campaigns
- Campaign finance
- Presidential nomination process
- Voter demography
Courses Taught
- 402: American Politics & Government
- 504: American Presidency
- 522: Dissent & Political Community
- 590: Student Research Experience
- 595: Smart Politics
- INCO 590: Rsrch Exp/Political Science
- POLT 402: American Politics & Government
- POLT 504: American Presidency
- POLT 521: Rights & Political Community
- POLT 584: Top/The End of Democracy
- POLT 595: Smart Politics
- POLT 602B: Washington Center Internship
- POLT 696: Independent Study
- POLT 797B/897B: Sem/2020 US Elections
- POLT 798B/898B: Sem/Midterm Congrssnal Elctns
Selected Publications
Scala, D. J. (2018). New Hampshire. In Presidential Swing States. Rowman & Littlefield.
Scala, D. J. (2018). Swinging in Place: New Hampshire’s Presidential Elections, 1992-2016. The New England Journal of Political Science, X(1).
Scala, D. J. (2018). The Fuzzy Frontrunner. In Handbook on Primary Elections. Routledge.
Scala, D. J. (2018). THE FUZZY FRONTRUNNER Donald Trump and the Role of Ideology in Presidential Nomination Politics. In ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS (pp. 290-306). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Scala, D. J., & Johnson, K. M. (2017). Political Polarization along the Rural-Urban Continuum? The Geography of the Presidential Vote, 2000-2016. ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, 672(1), 162-184. doi:10.1177/0002716217712696
Scala, D. J., & Johnson, K. M. (2016). Red Rural, Blue Rural: The Geography of Presidential Voting in Rural America. The Geography Teacher, 13(3), 118-123. doi:10.1080/19338341.2016.1200339
Scala, D. J., Johnson, K. M., & Rogers, L. T. (2015). Red rural, blue rural? Presidential voting patterns in a changing rural America. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY, 48, 108-118. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.02.003
Scala, D. J. (2008). No country for old men?. SOCIETY, 45(5), 410-411. doi:10.1007/s12115-008-9132-2
Scala, D. J. (2003). Re-reading the tea leaves: New Hampshire as a barometer of presidential primary success. PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS, 36(2), 187-192. doi:10.1017/S1049096503002051
Scala, D. J. (2003). Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics. doi:10.1057/9781403976765
Most Cited Publications