America at the Crossroads: The Midterm Elections and Republican Government

Thomas E. Mann

Thomas E. Mann was director of Governmental Studies at The Brookings Institution from 1987 to 1999 and executor director of the American Political Science Association before that.  He earned a B.A. in political science at the University of Florida and an M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Mann has taught at a number of universities, conducted polls for congressional candidates, and worked as a consultant and adviser to a number of organizations and efforts to reform American government.  He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mann is a recipient of the American Political Science Association’s Frank J. Goodnow and Charles E. Merriam Awards, and has written a number of books on Congress, elections and polling, foreign policy, political reporting, campaign finance reform, and redistricting.  He is widely quoted and published in the popular media.