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The Electoral Challenge

The Electoral Challenge
Author: Stephen C. Craig
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2010-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1483351343

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What decides elections? Is it the national economic condition, voters’ partisan attachments, or the campaigns that candidates run? How much do campaigns matter? Scholars and political consultants will give you different answers. Stephen C. Craig and David B. Hill bring together the voices of both in this engaging volume, now updated to include the volatile and groundbreaking 2008 campaigns and elections. Each chapter features an essay from a top scholar in the field, followed by a response from political consultants. Contributors bring to bear the best literature and empirical evidence to determine what we know about the factors that drive election outcomes—all while inviting students to join in the conversation.


The Electoral Challenge

The Electoral Challenge
Author: Stephen C. Craig
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2010-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1483305341

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What decides elections? Is it the national economic condition, voters’ partisan attachments, or the campaigns that candidates run? How much do campaigns matter? Scholars and political consultants will give you different answers. Stephen C. Craig and David B. Hill bring together the voices of both in this engaging volume, now updated to include the volatile and groundbreaking 2008 campaigns and elections. Each chapter features an essay from a top scholar in the field, followed by a response from political consultants. Contributors bring to bear the best literature and empirical evidence to determine what we know about the factors that drive election outcomes—all while inviting students to join in the conversation.


Electoral College Reform

Electoral College Reform
Author: Gary Bugh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317145275

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The United States has not updated the Electoral College system since the Twelfth Amendment was ratified in 1804, despite public opinion polls showing a majority of Americans are in favor of changing or outright abolishing it. So why hasn't the United States reformed this system? Electoral College Reform brings together new essays examining all aspects of this crucial debate, including the reasons for reform, the issues surrounding a constitutional amendment, the effect of the Electoral College on political campaigns and the possibilities for extra-constitutional avenues to change. The authors consider both the Federalists' vision of balanced representation and a more democratic and equality-based ideal. These competing frameworks, perhaps more than any other factor, account for centuries of American indecision on this key issue. By offering an unprecedented and carefully researched analysis of an always controversial subject, this volume explores the potential for changing a system that many contend is long overdue.


The Future of Election Administration

The Future of Election Administration
Author: Mitchell Brown
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2019-07-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3030185419

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As the American election administration landscape changes as a result of major court cases, national and state legislation, changes in professionalism, and the evolution of equipment and security, so must the work of on-the-ground practitioners change. This Open Access title presents a series of case studies designed to highlight practical responses to these changes from the national, state, and local levels. This book is designed to be a companion piece to The Future of Election Administration, which surveys these critical dimensions of elections from the perspectives of the most forward-thinking practitioner, policy, advocacy, and research experts and leaders in these areas today. Drawing upon principles of professionalism and the practical work that is required to administer elections as part of the complex systems, this book lifts up the voices and experiences of practitioners from around the country to describe, analyze, and anticipate the key areas of election administration systems on which students, researchers, advocates, policy makers, and practitioners should focus. Together, these books add to the emerging body of literature that is part of the election sciences community with an emphasis on the practical aspects of administration.


Our Broken Elections

Our Broken Elections
Author: John Fund
Publisher: Encounter Books
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1641772093

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Behind the deeply contentious 2020 election stands a real story of a broken election process. Election fraud that alters election outcomes and dilutes legitimate votes occurs all too often, as is the bungling of election bureaucrats. Our election process is full of vulnerabilities that can be — and are — taken advantage of, raising questions about, and damaging public confidence in, the legitimacy of the outcome of elections. This book explores the reality of the fraud and bureaucratic errors and mistakes that should concern all Americans and offers recommendations and solutions to fix those problems.


Presidential Electors and the Electoral College

Presidential Electors and the Electoral College
Author: Robert M. Alexander
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2012-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781604977813

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"Robert Alexander convincingly argues that presidential electors--long considered by many as inconsequential, if not benign--are a serious danger to the health of our representative democracy. In one of the first systematic studies of its kind, Alexander presents a theory of elector behavior that explains why electors will continue to plague the system unless we institute reform. This book is indispensable for a deeper understanding of the presidential electoral process." - Gary E. Bugh, Texas A&M University "Presidential Electors and the Electoral College is an eye opener. Robert Alexander's exhaustive research has revealed some surprising results about the arcane and, as some maintain, undemocratic Electoral College. The fact that many electors are lobbied to change their votes after the presidential election should serve as a warning that the Electoral College is a disaster waiting to happen--again." - Michael A. Genovese, Loyola Marymount University "Robert Alexander's Presidential Electors and the Electoral College is a valuable and much-needed examination of a long-neglected constitutional challenge. His analytical research is a serious contribution to our understanding of the Electoral College and its problems." - Thomas Cronin, Colorado College "Dr. Alexander has brought this very important history to life in a way that can help all of us look more carefully into the future. With lots of current public debate about the future of the Electoral College, this book provides a comprehensive and much-needed examination of one of the challenges that we have faced since the founding of our nation." - Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State


U.s. Presidential Elections Trivia Challenge

U.s. Presidential Elections Trivia Challenge
Author: Jonathan Ozanne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2016-09-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781523974610

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A fun, fact-filled, comprehensive overview of U.S. election history; this book is a compendium of presidential trivia and features more than 1200 multiple choice questions covering every U.S. presidential election from 1789 to the historic 2016 campaign (through August 2016). More than 50 questions of the 1200 are about 2016 including questions about the candidates, the controversies, the historic milestones, and the strategies that each campaign is using. Which candidate has ties to the Scranton Lace Company? Which candidate's grandfather was a saloon-keeper in the Yukon? Which candidate is descended from Welsh coal miners? Which candidate is descended from Scottish farmers? What states will hold the keys to victory in 2016?For the elections from 2012 all the way back to 1789 there are questions about the candidates, the political parties, the issues, and the results of each election. See which prior elections most resemble 2016 and which ones are radically different.There are also a handful of questions about voting for president in America. Who could vote in 1789? When did former slaves get the right to vote? When did women get the right to vote?This book covers well-known facts as well as obscure ones. Which president was elected to the most terms? Which presidents have won over 500 votes in the Electoral College in a single election? Which election was so even than no state was won by more than 15,000 votes? Which state has not been won by the Republican candidate since 1972? Which states have not been won by the Democratic candidate since 1964? Which year did it take over 100 ballots at the convention for a candidate to secure the nomination?Buy this book and challenge your friends to a trivia question contest and see who knows the most about U.S. presidential elections. Buy this book and surprise your friends at the election night party with how much you know about U.S. presidential election history. This book is not connected with any campaign and tries hard to be fair to all past and present candidates for president.


Parties and Elections in America

Parties and Elections in America
Author: Sandy L. Maisel
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2009-11-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442201037

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This book covers all elements of parties and the electoral process, including local, state, and national party organizations; American party history and party systems; state and local nominations; state and local elections; presidential nominations; and presidential elections. Separate chapters are devoted to the important subjects of the media in the electoral process and campaign finance. The role of political parties in representative democracy_and their contributions to it_are examined critically. This post-election update includes complete data from 2008 and an updated chapter on campaign finance.


A Behavioral Theory of Elections

A Behavioral Theory of Elections
Author: Jonathan Bendor
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2011-02-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 069113507X

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Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. This title provides a behavioral theory of elections based on the notion that all actors - politicians as well as voters - are only boundedly rational.


Vote for US

Vote for US
Author: Joshua A. Douglas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2019
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1633885100

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"An expert on US election law presents an encouraging assessment of current efforts to make our voting system more accessible, reliable, and effective"--