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4) Quest for the presidency: the storied and surprising history of presidential campaigns in America
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
""Quest for the Presidency" is an engaging and, at times, amusing popular history of American presidential elections from 1789 to the present that offers insight into the impact past elections have on today's politics"--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections analyzes the most recent presidential and congressional elections, voter turnout, and the social forces, party loyalties, and issues that affect voting behavior. This accessible, data-driven text helps readers understand the elections and what the results mean for the future of American politics"--
Author
Series
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Presidential Campaigns: Documents Decoded illuminates both the high stakes of a presidential campaign and the gaffes, controversies, and excesses that often influence the outcome. With a view to enabling readers to develop skills essential to political literacy, the book examines crisis points in modern presidential elections from the early 1950s through the late 2000s. Chronologically organized, the study focuses on key events pertinent to each...
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 304
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A compilation of essays and nonfiction writings spanning more than forty years includes the author's reflections on politics, lifestyle, place, and cultural figures, including such topics as Haight-Ashbury, the Manson family, the Black Panthers, California earthquakes, and Bill Clinton.
Author
Publisher
Apollo Publishers
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"From "All the Way with LBJ" to red MAGA hats, famous and infamous slogans, logos, signage, and accessories from over a century of presidential elections are compiled in a striking visual encyclopedia. Presidential campaigns emerge in state fairs, stump speeches, and selfie lines; but when the crowds disperse and after ballots are cast, movements live on in posters, logos, slogans, and accessories. From Hillary pins to Warren Harding's "Return to...
Author
Publisher
Trope
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A collection of illustrated articles about select candidates who ran for and lost the election for the office of U.S. President, from Aaron Burr in 1800 to Hillary Clinton in 2016; includes a foreword by the 1988 Democratic nominee for president, Michael Dukakis.
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The author of the Pulitzer finalist The Right to Vote explains the enduring problem of an controversial institution: the Electoral College. Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through the Electoral College, an arcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Most Americans would prefer a national popular vote, and Congress has attempted...
Author
Publisher
Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
The former White House director of communications explores how politics, the media, and the Internet changed during the Obama administration and how Democrats can fight back in the Trump era.
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