Elections category: 1210 books
Winning Florida
How the Bush Team Fought the Battle
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
With a reporter's keen eye for detail, award-winning journalist Zelnick conveys every emotion of the key players in this battle, presenting a rich, colorful tale that reads more like a fictional political thriller than the bizarre real-life drama it was—from election night through the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision.
Buckley vs. Vidal
The Historic 1968 ABC News Debates
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and liberal author Gore Vidal exploded onto the political scene during the presidential conventions of 1968 when they debated 11 times on ABC News as a part of the network's convention coverage. Their debates were fiery and combative and they infamously blew up...
Rebooting American Politics
The Internet Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Going beyond theory and guess based forecasts; this book systematically explores and measures the implications of the growing use of the internet in the American political landscape. Using current election data, the authors specifically challenge the predominant conjecture that the impact of new technology...
Stop Mass Hysteria
America's Insanity from the Salem Witch Trials to the Trump Witch Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
The New York Times Bestseller!
#1 NYT bestselling author Michael Savage calls out the mass hysteria mongers and their methods, and shows Americans that we must look to history to understand the present and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
Since Donald Trump's historic ascendance...
John Dewey and the Habits of Ethical Life
The Aesthetics of Political Organizing in a Liquid World
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
This book uses John Dewey to articulate discursive practices that would help citizens form better intellectual and moral relationships with their fragmented, shifting political environment. These practices do not impart more or better information to citizens, but instead consist in dialog exhibiting...
The Rise of the Norwegian Parliament
Studies in Norwegian Parliamentary Government
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
This work presents eight studies of different but interrelated aspects of parliamentary government in post-war Norway. Split into three sections, it focuses on the formation of government, organization of parliament and the changing relations between parliament, executives, and organized interests.
Electile Dysfunction
A Guide for Unaroused Voters
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
If you’re frustrated with the choices for president this year, you’re not alone. 81 percent of voters say they’d “feel afraid” if either Trump or Clinton takes office—but what recourse do we have? The American electorate is plagued by a widespread feeling of impotence.But this may...
by Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Presidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories. Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually...
by Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Presidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories. Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually...
by Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Presidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories. Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually...
by Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Presidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories. Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually...
From Hope to Higher Ground
12 STOPs to Restoring America's Greatness
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
With the small but powerfully
inspiring word "hope,"
nationally recognized leader
and policy-maker Governor
Mike Huckabee points out that
progress for our country cannot
happen with the continued
bipartisan rift dividing it. He
taps into the fundamental core
of every American, confronting...
The Runaway Campaign
A Year Inside the Republican Race for President
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
The year 2015 will be remembered as one of the most bizarrely compelling and genuinely unnerving in the nation’s modern political history. One contender entered the race as the scion to a political dynasty. Another entered as a reality television star. There were the religious factions, the Tea Partiers,...
The Gamble
Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election - Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
"Game changer." We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference in the contest—and what was just hype? In this groundbreaking book, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck tell the dramatic story of the election—with a big difference. Using...