Election 2016: Books @ ECC

Analyzes methods for targeting potential supporters and getting them to the polls, especially in smaller-scale political contests.

Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Political corruption.
United States -- Politics and government.

Beltwayland -- What is the Deep State? -- Bad ideas have consequences -- Do elections matter? -- Does our defense actually defend America? -- Economic warfare: big banks and the National Security State -- The commanding heights -- The Deep State, the law, and the constitution -- Silicon Valley and the American panopticon -- Personnel is policy -- Austerity for thee but not for me -- A stopped clock is right twice a day -- Signs of change? -- America confronts the world -- Is there an alternative?

We are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political engagement and social activism, among them the growth of the Tea Party, BlackLivesMatter, and the grassroots networks supporting presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders. Jaffe leads readers into the heart of these movements, explaining what has made ordinary Americans become activists. Americans, regardless of political alignment, are boldly challenging who wields power in this country, and are poised to permanently remake politics as we know it.

For nearly forty years, Washington and much of the American public have held up "disclosure" and "campaign finance laws" as ideals, and the path to cleaner and freer elections. This narrative will show, through disturbing, first-person accounts, how both have instead been hijacked by the Left as weapons against free speech and free association, becoming the most powerful tools of those intent on silencing their political opposition. Democrats have in the past decade used them to sic the IRS, the Federal government, state prosecutors, and activists on those who "violate" these confusing regulations, and that campaign continues"-- NoveList.

1. Candidate Sex and Gender Stereotypes in American Elections -- 2. Studying Gender Stereotypes and Women Candidates -- 3. Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Support for Women Candidates -- 4. Do Stereotypes Shape Evaluations of Candidates? -- 5. The Role of Stereotypes in Vote Choice Decisions -- 6. Gender Stereotypes in Other Places? Candidate Quality and Issue Campaigns -- 7. The Landscape for Women Candidates -- Appendix A : Candidate Lists -- Appendix B : Variable Construction -- Appendix C : Campaign Ads and Websites -- Appendix D : Survey Instrument -- Appendix E : Additional Vote Choice Analysis.

Broken down into sections that examine new media strategy from the highest echelons of campaign management all the way down to passive citizen engagement with campaign issues in places like online comment forums, the book ultimately reveals that political messaging in today's diverse new media landscape is a fragile, unpredictable, and sometimes futile process. The result is a collection that both interprets important historical data from a watershed campaign season and also explains myriad approaches to political campaign media scholarship.

Presidents -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Nothing is more integral to democracy than voting. Most people believe that every citizen has the civic duty or moral obligation to vote, that any sincere vote is morally acceptable, and that buying, selling, or trading votes is inherently wrong. In this provocative book, Jason Brennan challenges our fundamental assumptions about voting, revealing why it is not a duty for most citizens--in fact, he argues, many people owe it to the rest of us not to vote. Bad choices at the polls can result in unjust laws, needless wars, and calamitous economic policies. Brennan shows why voters have duties to.

Super Tuesday 1988 was the first successful attempt to get several states in one region to hold their presidential primaries on the same day. Its success -- or lack thereof -- will affect the way presidents are elected for many years to come. Reaching beyond Super Tuesday and the nominations of George Bush and Michael Dukakis, Barbara Norrander's book presents the nation's first regional primary as the latest chapter in the ever-changing system through which U.S. political parties choose their presidential candidates. Norrander's research details how changes in technology, candidate and media s.

A handbook for anyone who wants to learn about how to be active in local, state, and federal government, The Citizen Lobbyist shows how to have a voice in creating public policy. More citizen involvement is needed in our government processes to ensure the voices of the people are heard over the money of paid lobbyists, unions, and coalitions, both in Washington, DC, and in state capitals across the country. All too often, public officials seem removed from the people who hired them to be their representatives and fail to work on their behalf. This book gives a step-by-step plan on.

The Office of the President handbook details the specific jobs of the president, including chief of state, chief executive, and commander-in-chief, plus the role of the president's cabinet and the limited powers of the office. Five unique handbooks comprise the new American Government series. With the confusing political discourse in today's world, it's no wonder kids tune out. How can we tune them back in? The stale descriptions in standard American government textbooks do nothing to motivate learning. The readability is too high. And the language too dry. How can we make it personal? Accessible? Interesting? Even humorous?

Presidents--United States--Election--Case studies
Gender mainstreaming--United States
Women presidential candidates--United States
Women presidents--United States
Mass media and women--United States
Feminism and mass media--United States
Sex discrimination against women--United States

Masculinity--United States
Presidents--United States--Election
Political campaigns--United States

Political campaigns--United States
Politics, Practical--United States