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43) The campaign
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In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival candidate. Their man, naive Marty Huggins, is director of the local Tourism Center.
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"...Ultimately, Thank You for Voting offers hope. Geiger Smith describes simple actions individuals can take to increase civic participation in all elections, and she reveals how innovative get-out-the-vote movements energize first-time voters. Informative and empowering, Thank You for Voting is an essential call to the polls" --Page 4 of Cover.
45) The voter record
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"An answer to the assault on voting rights--crucial reading in advance of the 2020 presidential election. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered one of the most effective pieces of legislation the United States has ever passed. It enfranchised hundreds of thousands of voters, particularly in the American South, and drew attention to the problem of voter suppression. Yet in recent years there has been a continuous assault on access to the ballot...
47) Swing vote
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The outcome of the United States presidential election relies on the vote of one apathetic and unmotivated man.
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"Coinciding with the 2020 US presidential election, Drawing the Vote, an original graphic novel, looks at the history of voting rights in the United States, and how it has affected the way we vote today. Author Tommy Jenkins traces this history from the earliest steps toward democracy during the American Revolution, to the upheaval caused by the Civil War, the fight for women's suffrage, the Civil Rights movement, the election of an African American...
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"Everything in Moira Green's life goes topsy-turvy when the town council plans to demolish her mother's cafe to make room for parking. Determined to save her mother's business, she swallows her pride and asks Gil Ryan for help. Moira and Somerset Lake's mayor were good friends once, until one night changed everything between them. And now, with Gil supporting the council's plans, Moira is forced to find another way to save Sweetie's - and it involves...
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Bryan Caplan is associate professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the coeditor of the Weblog EconLog.
The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering assessment in this provocative and eye-opening book. Caplan argues that voters continually...
54) Vote
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Explores the history of the election process from Roman times to the present day, describing why and how people around the world vote, votes for women, and party politics.
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John Sides is professor of political science at George Washington University. Twitter @johnmsides Michael Tesler is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine. Lynn Vavreck is the Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. Twitter @vavreck
A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the world
Donald Trump's election...
58) The race is on
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When a prank ruins Chet's campaign speech during the Bayport Elementary elections, Frank and Joe work to find the perpetrator before the election is over.
59) The big lie: election chaos, political opportunism, and the state of American politics after 2020
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"A probing and illuminating analysis of current state of American politics, focusing on Donald Trump's lie about election fraud, by the White House Bureau Chief of Politico and the host of MSNBC's Way Too Early Donald Trump first tried it out in 2016, at an August rally in Ohio. He said that perhaps he wouldn't accept the election results in his race against Hillary Clinton, that the election was 'rigged.' He then mentioned it at more rallies and...
60) The big lie
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As the Electoral College battle for the White House lands in a Florida courtroom, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck has never felt farther from the truth, fighting for a faithless elector, caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent--with each revelation more explosive than the next. The country is reeling. For the sixth time in American history, the winner of the popular vote will not occupy the Oval Office. President Malcolm MacLeod,...
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