Elections category: 1210 books
by Allan Bonner
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Launched in honour of President Obama's inaugural, this book was written during the most remarkable political season in American history. The author visited all major presidential campaign offices in New York and New Hampshire, attended the presidential debates and was a commentator for PBS and National...
by Alex Marland, Thierry Giasson, Anna Lennox Esselment
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Featuring contributions from a variety of scholars, this book offers fresh perspectives about the political marketplace that will be of interest to students of Canadian government and politics.
by Dan Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
**National bestseller
"Masterful." —Jane Mayer, best-selling author of Dark Money**
The Fall of Wisconsin is a deeply reported, searing account of how the state’s progressive tradition was undone and Wisconsin itself turned into a laboratory for national conservatives bent on remaking...
by Tom Bevan, Carl M. Cannon
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Real Clear Politics’ in-depth account of the 2012 primary battles of the Republican Party and the look ahead to the race between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama
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With intimate access to the White House, GOP candidates, and their campaign staffs, Real Clear Politics is the latest in a series of...
Why Isn't Al Gore President?
A View of the Millenium Election from 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2005
The book is the summary of the major circumstances contributing to Al Gore's loss in 2000, derived from books and articles intended for the non-academic reader. Topics discussed are the electoral college, voter roll purging in Florida, Ralph Nader's candidacy, ballot design in Palm Beach and Duval...
Out of Order
An incisive and boldly original critique of the news media's domination of Ameri
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Why are our politicians almost universally perceived as liars? What made candidate Bill Clinton's draft record more newsworthy than his policy statements? How did George Bush's masculinity, Ronald Reagan's theatrics with a microphone, and Walter Mondale's appropriation of a Wendy's hamburger ad make...
Turning Texas Blue
What It Will Take to Break the GOP Grip on America's Reddest State
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
In the 2014 midterm election, Democrats in Texas did not receive even 40 percent of the statewide vote; Republicans swept the tables both in Texas and nationally. But even after two decades of democratic losses, there is a path to turn Texas blue, argues Mary Beth Rogers - if Democrats are smart enough...
by Chris Danielson
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
This detailed analysis examines the role of race and racism in American politics since the 1980s, and contends that—despite the election of Barack Obama—the effects of white supremacy still divide American society and affect voter behavior today.
Minority Victory
Gilded Age Politics and the Front Porch Campaign of 1888
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
During the run-up to the 1888 presidential election, Americans flocked to party rallies, marched in endless parades, and otherwise participated zealously in the political process. Although they faced a choice between two uncharismatic candidates—Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison and Democratic...
The First Modern Clash over Federal Power
Wilson versus Hughes in the Presidential Election of 1916
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2016
Fully examined for the first time in this engrossing book by one of America’s preeminent presidential scholars, the election that pitted Woodrow Wilson against Charles Evan Hughes emerges as a clear template for the partisan differences of the modern era. The 1916 election dramatically enacted the...
The Second Civil War
How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
In recent years American politics has seemingly become much more partisan, more zero-sum, more vicious, and less able to confront the real problems our nation faces. What has happened?
In The Second Civil War, respected political commentator Ronald Brownstein diagnoses the electoral, demographic,...
by Richard L. Hasen
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
A Letter from Author Richard L. Hasen In 2000, the U.S. presidential election went into overtime as just a few hundred votes, out of millions cast, separated Republican George W. Bush from Democrat Al Gore in the state of Florida, whose twenty-five electoral votes determined the nation's next president....
A Return to Common Sense
Seven Bold Ways to Revitalize Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
"Waldman's book is a call to arms, which everyone who cares about our democratic system should read, absorb, debate, and then use as a signpost for change."
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
"With Thomas Paine's gift for brilliant brevity, Michael Waldman tells us exactly what's wrong with...
Give Us the Ballot
The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction
A New York Times Notable Book of 2015
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2015
An NPR Best Book of 2015
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