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Presidential elections : 1789-2008.

Title:
Presidential elections : 1789-2008.
Published:
Washington, D.C. : ©2010.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Contents:
Introduction. Who runs for president ; The exploratory stage ; The primary and caucus schedule ; The presidential nomination ; General election campaign ; Electoral college ; Term of office ; Roads to the White House -- Chronology of presidential elections. Emergence of the electoral process ; Age of Jackson ; Idea of the party system ; Slavery divides the nation ; Postwar radicalism ; Age of republicanism ; Age of reform ; Return to normalcy and the roaring twenties ; New Deal coalition ; Breakup of consensus ; New conservative discourse ; Clinton era ; New century, old partisanship -- Presidential primaries. Front-loaded process ; An evolutionary process ; Nominations reform: reversal of fortune ; Nominations today -- Popular vote returns for president. Presidential popular vote returns : minor candidates and parties, 1824-2008 -- The Electoral College. Constitutional background ; Methods of choosing electors ; Historical anomalies ; Election by Congress ; Counting the electoral vote ; Reform proposals ; Presidential disability -- Electoral votes for president, 1789-2008. Electoral votes for vice presidential, 1804-2008 -- Biographical directory of presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
324.973 .P75 2010 – Available