Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The audacity to win The audacity to win David Plouffe The architect of the Obama campaign reveals how it all happened— and how it will revolutionize our politicsDavid Plouffe not only led the effort that put Barack Obama in the White House, but he also … OL13844380W
Choosing a president Choosing a president Paul Schumaker "In light of the Election 2000 controversy, this important new book challenges us to evaluate the fairness of the U.S. electoral college system and to consider six legitimate alternatives to it. A te… OL16063681W
Presidential campaigns Presidential campaigns Paul F. Boller The author takes note of the serious side of elections even as he documents the frenzy and frolic. OL1805773W
Abraham Lincoln, president-elect Abraham Lincoln, president-elect Larry D. Mansch "This work utilizes newspaper accounts from across America, journals and diaries of his contemporaries, and correspondence. Lincoln's speeches also appear here as they did in newspapers in 1860 and 1… OL1874556W
Tides of Consent Tides of Consent James A. Stimson Politics is a trial in which those in government - and those who aspire to be - make proposals, debate alternatives, and pass laws. Then the jury of public opinion decides. It likes the proposals or … OL1951483W
Learning by voting Learning by voting Kenneth Williams - undifferentiated,Rebecca B. Morton "Learning by Voting presents a theoretical and empirical comparison of simultaneous voting elections with sequential voting. The authors investigate whether sequential voting elections, such as drawn… OL20880112W
The 1992 presidential debates in focus The 1992 presidential debates in focus Diana B. Carlin,Mitchell S. McKinney "The results of a focus group research project sponsored by the Commission of Presidential Debates and conducted during the 1992 presidential and vice presidential debates are reported. The study inv… OL21201609W
The Big Enchilada The Big Enchilada Stuart Stevens "Stuart Stevens tells the story of the Bush campaign the public never saw - from the Austin coffee shop where Stevens watched Karl Rove sketch out the Republican master plan on a napkin to the small … OL2646120W
The jewel of liberty The jewel of liberty David E. Long This provocative book, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, marks a milestone in Civil War and Lincoln history. Dr. David E. Long, a professor of law and history, is the first to investigate deeply the … OL2662912W
"Oh, waiter! One order of crow!" "Oh, waiter! One order of crow!" Jeff Greenfield "Few people know the absurdities of American politics better than Jeff Greenfield, CNN's award-winning political and media analyst. Now for all those millions of Americans who are still trying to fig… OL2906487W
Presidential elections Presidential elections Aaron Wildavsky,Nelson W. Polsby Describes and analyzes the process by which Presidents of the United States are nominated and elected, appraises voting behavior and the influence of nonparty, independent activists, and suggests pos… OL2947651W
The last campaign The last campaign Thurston Clarke After JFK's assassination, Robert Kennedy--Jack's political warrior--almost lost hope. He was haunted by his brother's murder, and by the nation's inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, … OL2960068W