Elections and referenda / suffrage

The American vice presidency, as the saying goes, is not worth a bucket of warm spit.

This book demonstrates that the effect of registration laws is not as profound as either reformers would hope or previous studies suggest.

Elections lie at the heart of democracy, and this book seeks to understand how electoral systems are chosen.

Argues that voters rely on partisan cues because party brand names provide credible information about how politicians are likely to act in office.

This book develops an institutionally embedded framework for analyzing voter choice, examining three electoral arenas: parliamentary, presidential, and federal.

This book demonstrates that the effect of registration laws is not as profound as either reformers would hope or previous studies suggest.

Shows that judgment of party competence is at the heart of electoral choice in contemporary Britain.

This book estimates he effects of economic conditions on the behaviour of individual voters and on election outcomes.

This book is about the effect of diversity on the development of democracy.

This 2006 work examines how elections get called mandates, how elected officials respond to these claims, and how public policy changes as a result.

This 2006 book proposes a new framework for studying voter decision making.

This book explains the relationship between Hindu-Muslim riots and elections in India.

An examination of the US electoral process, providing an integrated account of the 2000 campaign.

This book examines voting practices in America during the nineteenth century.

This book shows how voter turnout is an indicator of the health of a democracy.

This 2004 book describes the transformation of politics from a territorial voting behavior to one of national homogeneity.

Compares the consequences of electoral rules for many dimensions of political representations and voting behavior.

From Iraq to the economy, leading academics and journalists assess Tony Blair''s second term.

Russians want free elections and order.

The authors develop a unified model that incorporates voter motivations and assess its empirical predictions in the US, Norway, and France.

Reilly analyses the design of electoral systems for divided societies, examining various divided societies.

A major study of the origins of direct primary US elections since the 1920s.

"e;An understanding of the relationship between the product and the process in election polling is often lost.

'Should be required reading for everyone - including unionists - who are interested in and concerned about the fate of this island' Dublin Review of Books'Compelling' Financial TimesWill Ireland really reunite?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021The riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroadsFrom the start of his stint as RT 's Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan's lively and authoritative reporting of a tumultuous period in American life has been must-watch TV.

GOP 2.

A Short Walk in a Long Journey is a story about an American election observer’s experience in the 1994 South African election.

Today's Democrats are pushing policies that are simply insane, and David Limbaugh proves it in his terriffic, and tremendously important, new book, Guilty by Reason of Insanity.

Refugees from high-tax Massachusetts turned New Hampshire blue.

Celebrate democracy and the inauguration of Americas 46th President, Joe Biden, by reliving his inaugural speech, along with an introductory speech by Senator Amy Klobuchar, the Inaugural Address of President Barack Obama, and the full text of both the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence.

For the first time in paperback, New York Times best-selling author Roger Stone's insider tell-all about the presidential campaign that shocked the world.

In the tradition of Theodore White's landmark books, the definitive look at how Donald J.

An impassioned takedown of the undemocratic features of American electoral politics and their role in the 2016 election.

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Keep calm but do not carry on.

Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail.

How American political participation is increasingly being shaped by citizens who wield more resourcesThe Declaration of Independence proclaims equality as a foundational American value.

As Europe's Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas.

Did George Bush's use of the Willie Horton story during the1988 presidential campaign communicate most effectively when no one noticed its racial meaning?

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Constituents often fail to hold their representatives accountable for federal spending decisions-even though those very choices have a pervasive influence on American life.

While there are far more women in public office today than in previous eras, women are still vastly underrepresented in this area relative to men.

Who Votes Now?

Why American democracy favors the affluent and educatedPolitically active individuals and organizations make huge investments of time, energy, and money to influence everything from election outcomes to congressional subcommittee hearings to local school politics, while other groups and individual citizens seem woefully underrepresented in our political system.

Why do more people vote--or get involved in other civic and political activities--in some communities than in others?

The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters.

How did Republicans manage to hold the White House through much of the past half century even as the Democratic Party held the hearts of most American voters?

Power in the Portrayal unveils a fresh and vital perspective on power relations in eleventh- and twelfth-century Muslim Spain as reflected in historical and literary texts of the period.

Who's ready for the oval office?

No Holding Back tells the story of John Anderson's 1980 presidential campaign.

In this work of daring and immersive contemporary anthropology, Carl Hoffman, who has written about the most dangerous and remote corners of the world, journeys deep inside Donald Trump's rallies seeking to understand the strange and powerful tribe that forms the president's base.