Elections and referenda / suffrage

What an intensely divisive election portends for American politicsThe year 2020 was a tumultuous time in American politics.

Image Bite Politics is the first book to systematically assess the visual presentation of presidential candidates in network news coverage of elections and to connect these visual images with shifts in public opinion.

American politics is most notably characterized by the heated debates on constitutional interpretation at the core of its ever-raging culture wars, and the coverage of these lingering disputes are often inundated with public-opinion polls.

The 2008 presidential election made American history.

Davis discusses the increasing role of interest groups, the press, and the public, whose role is not prescribed in the Constitution, in the selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices and how it affects the process.

From the end of the New Deal until quite recently, the U.

The image of middle-class women chaining themselves to the rails of 10 Downing Street, smashing windows of public buildings, and going on hunger strikes in the cause of "e;votes for women"e; have become visually synonymous with the British suffragette movement over the past century.

Were presidential campaigns always as bitter as they have been in recent years?

The Internet is now a part of American democracy.

In Votes For Women, Jean H.

In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families.

In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families.

Though they work largely out of the public eye, political consultants-"e;image merchants"e; and "e;kingmakers"e; to candidates-play a crucial role in shaping campaigns.

Though they work largely out of the public eye, political consultants-"e;image merchants"e; and "e;kingmakers"e; to candidates-play a crucial role in shaping campaigns.

The Southern Strategy was but one in a series of decisions the GOP made not just on race, but on feminism and religion as well, in what Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields call the "e;Long Southern Strategy.

The Southern Strategy was but one in a series of decisions the GOP made not just on race, but on feminism and religion as well, in what Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields call the "e;Long Southern Strategy.

International investment law today consists of a network of multifaceted, multilayered international treaties that, in one way or another, involve virtually every country of the world.

Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics.

Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics.

Members of Congress from racial minority groups often find themselves in a unique predicament.

Contemporary American politics is highly polarized, and it is increasingly clear that this polarization exists at both the elite and mass levels.

If a dispute between commercial parties reaches the stage of arbitration, the cause is usually ambiguous contract terms.

The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century.

The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century.

The days of "e;revolutionary"e; campaign strategies are gone.

The days of "e;revolutionary"e; campaign strategies are gone.

Networks are omnipresent in our natural and social world, and they are at the heart of politics.

Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail.

The methodologies used to study public opinion are now in flux.

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When voter turnout is high, Democrats have an advantage--or so the truism goes.

When voter turnout is high, Democrats have an advantage--or so the truism goes.

Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them.

Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them.

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later.

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later.

Political Action Committees (PACs) are a prominent and contentious feature of modern American election campaigns.

Political Action Committees (PACs) are a prominent and contentious feature of modern American election campaigns.

As the voting public continues to diversify across the United States, political candidates, and particularly white candidates, increasingly recognize the importance of making appeals to voters who do not look like themselves.

As the voting public continues to diversify across the United States, political candidates, and particularly white candidates, increasingly recognize the importance of making appeals to voters who do not look like themselves.

In developing democracies, political parties built around charismatic personalities, coupled with populist campaigns, often ascend to power.

In developing democracies, political parties built around charismatic personalities, coupled with populist campaigns, often ascend to power.

A strong case can be made that the South has had the greatest impact of any region on the transformation of U.

A strong case can be made that the South has had the greatest impact of any region on the transformation of U.

In many elections, candidates frame their appeals in gendered ways--they compete, for instance, over who is more "e;masculine.

In many elections, candidates frame their appeals in gendered ways--they compete, for instance, over who is more "e;masculine.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

In The Gun Gap, Mark R.

In The Gun Gap, Mark R.