Oregon Blue Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oregon Blue Book write by Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State. This book was released on 1895. Oregon Blue Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Vote for US
Vote for US - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vote for US write by Joshua A. Douglas. This book was released on 2019. Vote for US available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "An expert on US election law presents an encouraging assessment of current efforts to make our voting system more accessible, reliable, and effective"--
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? write by Alexander Keyssar. This book was released on 2020-07-31. Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A New Statesman Book of the Year “America’s greatest historian of democracy now offers an extraordinary history of the most bizarre aspect of our representative democracy—the electoral college...A brilliant contribution to a critical current debate.” —Lawrence Lessig, author of They Don’t Represent Us Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through an arcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Congress has tried on many occasions to alter or scuttle the Electoral College, and in this master class in American political history, a renowned Harvard professor explains its confounding persistence. After tracing the tangled origins of the Electoral College back to the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Keyssar outlines the constant stream of efforts since then to abolish or reform it. Why have they all failed? The complexity of the design and partisan one-upmanship have a lot to do with it, as do the difficulty of passing constitutional amendments and the South’s long history of restrictive voting laws. By revealing the reasons for past failures and showing how close we’ve come to abolishing the Electoral College, Keyssar offers encouragement to those hoping for change. “Conclusively demonstrates the absurdity of preserving an institution that has been so contentious throughout U.S. history and has not infrequently produced results that defied the popular will.” —Michael Kazin, The Nation “Rigorous and highly readable...shows how the electoral college has endured despite being reviled by statesmen from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson to Edward Kennedy, Bob Dole, and Gerald Ford.” —Lawrence Douglas, Times Literary Supplement
The Timeline of Presidential Elections
The Timeline of Presidential Elections - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Timeline of Presidential Elections write by Robert S. Erikson. This book was released on 2012-08-24. The Timeline of Presidential Elections available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In presidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race for president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It’s a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien reveal for the first time how both factors come into play. Erikson and Wlezien have amassed data from close to two thousand national polls covering every presidential election from 1952 to 2008, allowing them to see how outcomes take shape over the course of an election year. Polls from the beginning of the year, they show, have virtually no predictive power. By mid-April, when the candidates have been identified and matched in pollsters’ trial heats, preferences have come into focus—and predicted the winner in eleven of the fifteen elections. But a similar process of forming favorites takes place in the last six months, during which voters’ intentions change only gradually, with particular events—including presidential debates—rarely resulting in dramatic change. Ultimately, Erikson and Wlezien show that it is through campaigns that voters are made aware of—or not made aware of—fundamental factors like candidates’ policy positions that determine which ticket will get their votes. In other words, fundamentals matter, but only because of campaigns. Timely and compelling, this book will force us to rethink our assumptions about presidential elections.
Votes of Confidence, 2nd Edition
Votes of Confidence, 2nd Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Votes of Confidence, 2nd Edition write by Jeff Fleischer. This book was released on 2020-03-03. Votes of Confidence, 2nd Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Every two years, media coverage of American elections turns into a horse-race story about who's leading the polls and who said what when. Give young adult readers clear explanations about how our election process actually works, why it matters, and how they can become involved. Using real-world examples and anecdotes, this book provides readers with thorough, nonpartisan explanations about primaries, the electoral college, checks and balances, polls, fundraising, and more. Updated with facts, figures, and analysis, this edition provides the next generation of voters with essential guidance about the past, present, and future of American elections. "[A] very readable, engaging, and entertaining history of American elections and politics for young people. Highly recommended."—starred, Booklist "Fleischer presents a potentially didactic subject matter in a digestible and organized manner. Recommended for middle to high school students, educators, and others interested in becoming civically informed and engaged."—School Library Journal
