Voting in America: American voting systems in flux : debacles, dangers, and brave new designs
Description:... This three-volume set, edited by Felchner (Deputy Assistant Managing Editor for Politics at U.S. News & World Report), collects 62 articles in an attempt to provide a comprehensive yet easily accessible look at the role of voting in the political process of the United States. The first volume discusses the mechanics and legal framework of voting in articles that specifically examine the electoral college, voting age, women's suffrage, African Americans and the right to vote, voting registration, felon disenfranchisement, polling place location and its impact, absentee voting, ballot initiatives, campaign finance laws, and other topics. It also discusses the characteristics of voters in chapters examining voter participation, voter apathy, tactics for improving voter turnout, the role of civic education in politics, the impact of the elderly voter on elections, and the young voter. The second volume is concerned with influences on the voter--interest groups, issues, and the media--and includes chapters on women as a swing vote, the Democratic Party and the black voter, unions in politics, evangelicals in politics, interest groups and endorsements, immigration reform, abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, pocketbook issues, healthcare, terrorism and national security, local issue trends, political advertising, and mainstream journalism and online media in elections, among other topics.
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