An examination of the way elections have come to be reported as sporting events, rather than forums for discussion of ideas. The author suggests how the journalism of a campaign discourse could be made more meaningful and compelling .
This monograph offers a systematic quantitative approach to the analysis, evaluation and design of electoral systems. Today, electoral reform is of concern to newborn democracies as well as many old ones. The authors use mathematical models and automatic procedures, when possible, to solve some of the problems that arise in the comparison of ......
This revised edition provides a revealing ex amination of how the format of presenting politics on televi sion has changed the way viewers act, vote, and feel about p olitics in the United States. '
On Election Eve 1996, US citizens awaited the outcome of a national election that would give them a reelected Democratic President, William Jefferson ""Bill"" Clinton, and a Republican Congress - a combination that would inevitably handicap the nation. True, Clinton would become the first Democrat to be reelected to the highest office in the land ......
Based on the largest data set available on state campaign finance, this work analyzes contribution and spending patterns at the state level in the USA. A range of issues are explained, including the rise in campaign costs and how spending patterns relate to the outcome of the elections.
Based on the largest data set available on state campaign finance, this work analyzes contribution and spending patterns at the state level in the USA. A range of issues are explained, including the rise in campaign costs and how spending patterns relate to the outcome of the elections.
This comprehensive and up-to-date analysis provides an accessible and understandable overview of how we choose our president and how the process has developed throughout our history. Every stage of the selection process is uncovered and made plain: the candidate's decision to enter the race, campaign strategy and fundraising, primaries and ......
The midterm elections of 1994 sent Bill Clinton a message that he listened to and acted on. The change could be seen in the President's metamorphosis on policy and politics. Some agreed and some disagreed with this chameleon-like behaviour, but the end result was re-election in 1996. Not since FDR had a Democrat been elected to a second term. The ......
ISBN-13: 9781566430555
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Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS Imprint: CHATHAM HOUSE PUBLISHERS INC.,U.S.
What happens in an electoral environment involving female candidates? Do women face different challenges during the electoral process? Do male candidates pay more attention to women's issues, or make other strategic and behavioural changes, when opposed by a female candidate? Richard Logan Fox asks these and other questions with compelling ......
