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Dante Scala

PROFESSOR
Phone: (603) 862-1519
Office: Political Science, Horton Social Science Center Rm 322, Durham, NH 03824

Courses Taught

  • INCO 590: Student Research Experience
  • POLT 402: American Politics & Government
  • POLT 504: American Presidency
  • POLT 521: Rights & Political Community
  • POLT 522: Dissent & Political Community
  • POLT 595: Smart Politics
  • POLT 602B: Washington Center Internship
  • POLT 696: Independent Study
  • POLT 705/805: Elections in the U.S.
  • POLT 796: Advanced Study
  • POLT 797B/897B: Sem/2020 US Elections

Education

  • Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago
  • M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago
  • B.A., Philosophy, Villanova University

Research Interests

  • American elections and campaigns
  • Campaign finance
  • Presidential nomination process
  • Voter demography

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 https://www.webofscience.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