Choosing the Leader

2019-01-01 Legislators

Author : Matthew N. Green
Release : 2019-01-01
Genre : Legislators
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Book Synopsis Choosing the Leader by : Matthew N. Green

Download or read book Choosing the Leader written by Matthew N. Green. This book was released on 2019-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study in more than forty years to explain congressional leadership selection How are congressional party leaders chosen? In the first comprehensive study since Robert Peabody's classic Leadership in Congress, political scientists Matthew Green and Douglas Harris draw on newly collected data about U.S. House members who have sought leadership positions from the 1960s to the present--data including whip tallies, public and private vote commitments, interviews, and media accounts--to provide new insights into how the selection process truly works. Elections for congressional party leaders are conventionally seen as a function of either legislators' ideological preferences or factors too idiosyncratic to permit systematic analysis. Analyzing six decades' worth of information, Harris and Green find evidence for a new comprehensive model of vote choice in House leadership elections that incorporates both legislators' goals and their connections with leadership candidates. This study will stand for years to come as the definitive treatment of a crucial aspect of American politics.

Electing U.S. Leaders

2020-07-15 Elections

Author : Charlotte Taylor
Release : 2020-07-15
Genre : Elections
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Book Synopsis Electing U.S. Leaders by : Charlotte Taylor

Download or read book Electing U.S. Leaders written by Charlotte Taylor. This book was released on 2020-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have political leaders in the United States been selected for their important roles? This book offers students an understandable description of the United States voting process and why it's a significant part of the nation's democratic system and values. Students will thoroughly explore the process of selecting political leaders at multiple levels of government. Colorful photographs and a vocabulary-building glossary enhance the learning experience. This engaging read aligns with social studies curricula and will inspire future voters to participate in the nation's democracy.

Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?

2020-07-31 Political Science

Author : Alexander Keyssar
Release : 2020-07-31
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? written by Alexander Keyssar. This book was released on 2020-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Guide to U.S. Elections

2015-12-24 Political Science

Author : Deborah Kalb
Release : 2015-12-24
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Guide to U.S. Elections written by Deborah Kalb. This book was released on 2015-12-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CQ Press Guide to U.S. Elections is a comprehensive, two-volume reference providing information on the U.S. electoral process, in-depth analysis on specific political eras and issues, and everything in between. Thoroughly revised and infused with new data, analysis, and discussion of issues relating to elections through 2014, the Guide will include chapters on: Analysis of the campaigns for presidency, from the primaries through the general election Data on the candidates, winners/losers, and election returns Details on congressional and gubernatorial contests supplemented with vast historical data. Key Features include: Tables, boxes and figures interspersed throughout each chapter Data on campaigns, election methods, and results Complete lists of House and Senate leaders Links to election-related websites A guide to party abbreviations

Electing Our President

1988 History

Author : Nancy Gill
Release : 1988
Genre : History
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Download or read book Electing Our President written by Nancy Gill. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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