{"product_id":"voting-in-america-3-volumes-praeger-perspectives","title":"Voting in America [3 Volumes] (Praeger Perspectives)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references and index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 1: How America Votes: Law, Process, and Voter Participation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The History and Tradition of U.S. Voters: How Laws and External Factors Impact Turnout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I How America Votes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Decoding the Electoral College: The History and Controversy of Selecting the President\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Old Enough to Vote: Voting Age in the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Women in Politics: From Fighting for Suffrage to Fighting for Votes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: African Americans and the Right to Vote: A Look at the Voting Rights Act Then and Now\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Registering to Vote and Getting Your Vote Counted\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Disenfranchisement of Felons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Where We Vote: Polling Place Location and the Impact on Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Absentee Voting in the Twenty-first Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Americans Abroad and Voting at War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Presidential Nomination Voting: The Caucus versus the Primary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Casting Votes by Mail: Will Other States Follow Oregon's Lead?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Rise of Ballot Initiatives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The Unglamorous Elections: Getting People to the Polls for Down-Ballot Races\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Navigating the Maze of Election Law Changes: Campaign Finance Laws and the United States Constitution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II Who Can Vote?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Trends in Voter Participation: A Primer on National Electoral Turnout and Comparison of Recent National Participation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Voter Participation in the United States versus Other Democracies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Why We Vote: Civic Duty vs. Voter Apathy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: The Urban\/Rural Divide: Understanding Voter Participation by Location\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Mobilizing the Registered: Tactics for Improving Voter Turnout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Educating the Public about Elections: The Role of Civic Education in Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 21: The Elderly and Voting: The Group's Impact on Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 22: The Elusive Young Voter: How to Break into the Group\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 23: The Typecast Voters: Soccer Moms, Seniors, and the Young\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Editor and Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 2: What Influences the American Voter: Interest Groups, Issues, and the Media\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Personal Politics: The Issues that Influence Voters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I The Sure Thing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Women as the Swing Vote\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Blacks and the Democratic Party\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Democratic Party and Unions: The Partnership Continues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Republican Party and the Religious: Courting Evangelicals as the Way to Victory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Fight Continues: Hispanics and the Battle for Their Votes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Battle for the Middle: The Rise of the Moderate in Future Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II Big Voting Groups\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Substantial Endorsements and Influential Report Cards: The Impact on Interest Groups on Voting in America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Evangelical Voters and Church Leaders Impact on Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Unions and GOTV: The Long-Lasting Relationship\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart III The Issues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Immigration in 2006 and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Roe v. Wade Politics: Abortion and Voting in the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Gay Marriage: How State Amendments and Passionate Voters Are Influencing Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The Politics of Hope, Health, and Morality: Stem Cell Research as a Reason for Voting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: The Economics of Voting: Pocketbooks Issues in U.S. Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Keeping the Country Healthy: Health Care as a Campaign Issue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: The Politics of Fear: Terrorism and National Security in Post-9\/11 Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: All Politics Isn't Local, It's Personal: Local Issue Trends in Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IV The Media\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Buying Time: Twenty-first Century Campaigns and Political Advertising\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 19: The Old Guard: Mainstream Journalism Outlets' Impact on Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 20: The New Guard: Entertainment Talk Shows and the Not-So-Fake News\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 21: What Changed It All: Online Media and Elections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Following the Leader: The Impact of Endorsements on Presidential Nomination Contests\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 23: The Social Web: Social Networking and Online Activism in U.S. Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Editor and Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 3: American Voting Systems in Flux: Debacles, Dangers, and Brave New Designs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Past and Future of Political Technology: The Most Controversial Issues of the Past Election Cycles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I Voting in the Presidential Elections of 2000 and 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The First Major Sign of Trouble: Florida in 2000\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The New Era of Politics: Recounts and Getting It Right the Next Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Voter Fraud in Wisconsin: A Recent History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Unknown Threat: Improperly Trained Poll Workers Lead to Election Day Problems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Waiting in Line, Verifying the Vote: Ohio Elections in 2004 and 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Exit Poll Controversy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Uncertain Insurance: The Ambiguities and Complexities of Provisional Ballots\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Voting and People with Disabilities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Waiting to Vote: Coping wi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorgan E. Felchner\u003c\/b\u003e is Deputy Assistant Managing Editor for Politics at U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, Contributing Editor for PoliticsOnline, and a member of the National Press Club. She is a prominent on-air political commentator, regularly appearing on television shows on Fox News, CSPAN, CNN, CanadaTV, and local network affiliates. She serves on the Young Women Leaders Board at American University and on the Advisory Board for the University of Minnesota Institute for Law and Politics. She is the former editor of \u003ci\u003eCampaigns \u0026amp; Elections\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe three volumes of \u003ci\u003eVoting in America\u003c\/i\u003e offer the most comprehensive, authoritative, and useful account of all aspects of voting in America ever assembled. This set surveys the legal foundations, historical development, and geographic diversity of voting practices at all levels of government in the United States. It marshals the demographics of voter participation and party affiliation in the 21st century by age, occupation, location, region, class, race, and religion, and parses the roles of interest groups, hot-button issues, and the media in mobilizing voters and shaping their decisions. Finally, the set anatomizes the critical voting debacles in the 2000 and 2004 elections and assesses the proposed remedies, including online voting and electronic voting machines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe host of chapters penned for this magisterial set by an unprecedented assemblage of academics, practitioners, and pundits includes such lively topics as: the Electoral College, prisoner disenfranchisement, obstacles and options for American voters abroad, the rise of ballot initiatives, the elusive youth vote, the battle for the swing vote, local issues trends, Wisconsin voter fraud, waiting in line in Ohio, the provisional ballots mess, and partisanship in voting companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Flechner, an editor at \u003ci\u003eU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003c\/i\u003e, has assembled a group of academics--political science and law professors, pollsters, and a few journalists--for this wide-ranging look at American elections.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In a recent replication of the classic The American Voter (Angus Campbell et al., 1960), Michael S. Lewis and his colleagues (The American Voter Revisited, CH, Feb'09, 46-3522) discovered that Americans who cast ballots for presidential candidates in 2000 and 2004 behaved very much like the voters of the 1950s. While voter behavior may be relatively stable over time, the environment associated with US elections has changed dramatically. Virtually all aspects of this changed context are examined in this three volume set. The editor--Felchner (politics editor, US News \u0026amp; World Report)--has organized 62 essays written by 70 authors who are either political activists, pundits, consultants, pollsters, or academics. Their common task was '... to examine the nuances of voting (in order) to understand how the electoral process in the United States has changed over time.' The first volume lays out the legal foundations and historical developments associated with voting, primarily in terms of legislation expanding the electorate. Volume 2 continues with an examination of the demographics and rationales associated with voting. Attention is given to the role of issues, interest groups, and the media in mobilizing voters and influencing preferences. Volume 3 is the most innovative. Since the passage of the Help America Vote Act in 2002, reform efforts have tried to make voter registration and the act of voting itself easier, more secure, and more reliable. Finally, there is the paper ballot versus electronic voting debate concerning how votes can be effectively and accurately counted... Recommended. All readership levels.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three volumes of \u003ci\u003eVoting in America\u003c\/i\u003e offer the most comprehensive, authoritative, and useful account of all aspects of voting in America ever assembled. This set surveys the legal foundations, historical development, and geographic diversity of voting practices at all levels of government in the United States. It marshals the demographics of voter participation and party affiliation in the 21st century by age, occupation, location, region, class, race, and religion, and parses the roles of interest groups, hot-button issues, and the media in mobilizing voters and shaping their decisions. Finally, the set anatomizes the critical voting debacles in the 2000 and 2004 elections and assesses the proposed remedies, including online voting and electronic voting machines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe host of chapters penned for this magisterial set by an unprecedented assemblage of academics, practitioners, and pundits includes such lively topics as: the Electoral College, prisoner disenfranchisement, obstacles and options for American voters abroad, the rise of ballot initiatives, the elusive youth vote, the battle for the swing vote, local issues trends, Wisconsin voter fraud, waiting in line in Ohio, the provisional ballots mess, and partisanship in voting companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reference Reviews-Adult\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/01\/2008 pg. 1 (EAN 9780275998042, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/15\/2008 pg. 144 (EAN 9780275998042, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 178 (EAN 9780275998042, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal Supplements\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/15\/2008 pg. 58 (EAN 9780275998042, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eFelchner, Morgan E\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorgan E. Felchner\u003c\/b\u003e is Deputy Assistant Managing Editor for Politics at U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, Contributing Editor for PoliticsOnline, and a member of the National Press Club. She is a prominent on-air political commentator, regularly appearing on television shows on Fox News, CSPAN, CNN, CanadaTV, and local network affiliates. She serves on the Young Women Leaders Board at American University and on the Advisory Board for the University of Minnesota Institute for Law and Politics. 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