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Do voters look to the future? Do voters look to the future? Brad Lockerbie "Do voters look to the past, the future, or both when deciding how to vote? In Do Voters Look to the Future?, Brad Lockerbie shows voters to be more sophisticated than much of the work in political s… OL12710041W
FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE, A Charles Osgood Charles Osgood, one of America's favorite news personalities, offers a hilarious compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns. With anecdotes from Harry Truman to JFK… OL14872745W
Electing the president Electing the president Barbara Silberdick Feinberg Discusses the presidential election process including primaries, nominations, national conventions, campaigns, and the electoral college. OL15211214W
Bad news Bad news Robert Shogan "In Bad News, correspondent Robert Shogan draws on the lessons of nine presidential elections to assess the power and role of the press in the making of the president. The media, Mr. Shogan argues, n… OL16006266W
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
Race for the Presidency Race for the Presidency American Assembly "Advance reading for an American Assembly on Presidential Nominations and the Media held at Seven Springs Center, Mt. Kisco, New York, May 1978" OL16997107W
Unprecedented Unprecedented Thomas Lake. The first-ever book from CNN Politics chronicles the most hard-fought and newsworthy election of our time—one that laid bare a deep divide across America. Packed with exclusive photojournalism and ne… OL17599129W
Presidential campaign Presidential campaign Thomas R. Raber Examines the political campaigns of American presidents throughout history. OL17741515W
Voting with dollars Voting with dollars Bruce A. Ackerman,Ian Ayres "In this book, two leading law professors challenge the existing campaign reform agenda and present a new initiative that avoids the mistakes of the past.". "Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres build on th… OL1932110W
Bob Dole, legendary senator Bob Dole, legendary senator Elaine Slivinski Lisandrelli Explores the life and career of Bob Dole, from his childhood in Kansas through his military service and learning to cope with his disability to his many years as a member of Congress. OL1955431W
I am a secret service agent I am a secret service agent Dan Emmett Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The events surrounding the President s death shaped the course of young Emmett s life as he set a goal of becoming… OL19712068W
Election Connection Election Connection Susan Ring Addresses issues surrounding a Presidential election including media, ballot issues, liberal and conservative viewpoints, election budgets, travel, and campaigning OL1995762W
The wilderness The wilderness McKay Coppins "After the 2012 election, the GOP was in the wilderness. Lost and in disarray. And doggedly determined to do whatever it took to get back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. McKay Coppins has had unparalle… OL20015133W
Woman President Woman President Karrin Vasby Anderson,Kristina Horn Sheeler x, 242 pages ; 24 cm OL20200468W
Election! Election! Dan Gutman,Mike Chamberlain Dan Gutman takes on his strangest subject ever: the American political system. Reaching through history from the days of the founding fathers to today s voting system, Gutman tackles complex subjects… OL24262648W
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
In defense of negativity In defense of negativity John Gray Geer Americans tend to see negative campaign ads as just that: negative. Pundits, journalists, voters, and scholars frequently complain that such ads undermine elections and even democratic government its… OL2988367W
Change has come Change has come Barack Obama Drawings of American voters, patriotic scenes, and presidential candidate and president-elect Barack Obama illustrate inspirational quotations from the senator. OL3246381W
United States presidential elections, 1788-1860 United States presidential elections, 1788-1860 Michael J. Dubin This textbook contains elections returns data from each county in a state during each United States Presidential Election from the very first(1788) up to the pre-Civil War 1860 Election. Unless data … OL3253352W
Adams vs. Jefferson Adams vs. Jefferson John E. Ferling It was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United Sta… OL79200W
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