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Reader's Guide |
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About the Advisory Editor |
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Preface |
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Historical Milestones of U.S. Elections, 1787-2008: A Timeline |
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Could a Candidate Win the Most Votes and Still Lose the Election? |
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What Is the Role of Political Parties? Are They Even Necessary? |
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Majority Rule vs. Minority Rights: What Makes America Democratic? |
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25 | (12) |
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Part Two: ELECTIONS A TO Z |
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37 | (4) |
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Point/Counterpoint: Absentee Voting |
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41 | (5) |
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African Americans in Congress |
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46 | (2) |
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American Independent Party (1968-) and American Party (1972-) |
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48 | (1) |
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Anti-Federalists (1789-1796) |
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49 | (1) |
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Anti-Masonic Party (1828-1836) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (3) |
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Point/Counterpoint: Should the Government Limit Compaign Contributions? |
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56 | (4) |
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60 | (5) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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Conservative Party (1962-) |
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68 | (1) |
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Constitution of the United States |
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69 | (1) |
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Constitutional Convention |
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69 | (5) |
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Constitutional Union Party (1860) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (6) |
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Democratic-Republican Party (1792-1828) |
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82 | (1) |
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Dixiecrats (States' Rights Party) (1948) |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (1) |
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Election of 1789: George Washington |
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84 | (2) |
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Election of 1792: George Washington |
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86 | (1) |
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Election of 1796: John Adams |
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87 | (2) |
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Election of 1800: Thomas Jefferson |
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89 | (2) |
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Election of 1804: Thomas Jefferson |
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91 | (1) |
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Election of 1808: James Madison |
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92 | (1) |
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Election of 1812: James Madison |
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93 | (1) |
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Spotlight: The President as Commander in Chief |
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Election of 1816: James Monroe |
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94 | (1) |
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Election of 1820: James Monroe |
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95 | (1) |
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Election of 1824: John Quincy Adams |
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96 | (2) |
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Election of 1828: Andrew Jackson |
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98 | (2) |
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Election of 1832: Andrew Jackson |
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100 | (1) |
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Election of 1836: Martin Van Buren |
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101 | (1) |
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Election of 1840: William Henry Harrison |
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102 | (1) |
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Election of 1844: James K. Polk |
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103 | (1) |
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Election of 1848: Zachary Taylor |
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104 | (1) |
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Election of 1852: Franklin Pierce |
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105 | (1) |
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Election of 1856: James Buchanan |
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106 | (1) |
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Election of 1860: Abraham Linclon |
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107 | (2) |
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Election of 1864: Abraham Linclon |
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109 | (1) |
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Election of 1868: Ulysses S. Grant |
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110 | (1) |
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Election of 1872: Ulysses S. Grant |
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110 | (2) |
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Election of 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes |
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112 | (1) |
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Election of 1880: James A. Garfield |
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113 | (1) |
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Election of 1884: Grover Cleveland |
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114 | (2) |
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Election of 1888: Benjamin Harrison |
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116 | (1) |
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Election of 1892: Grover Cleveland |
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117 | (1) |
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Election of 1896: William McKinley |
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118 | (1) |
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Election of 1900: William McKinley |
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119 | (1) |
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Election of 1904: Theodore Rossevelt |
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120 | (1) |
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Election of 1908: William Howard Taft |
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121 | (1) |
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Election of 1912: Woodrow Wilson |
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122 | (1) |
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Election of 1916: Woodrow Wilson |
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123 | (2) |
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Election of 1920: Warren G. Harding |
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125 | (1) |
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Election of 1924: Calvin Coolidge |
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126 | (1) |
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Election of 1928: Herbert Hoover |
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127 | (2) |
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Election of 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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129 | (1) |
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Election of 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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130 | (2) |
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Election of 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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132 | (2) |
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Election of 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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134 | (2) |
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Election of 1948: Harry S. Truman |
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136 | (3) |
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Election of 1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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139 | (2) |
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Election of 1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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141 | (1) |
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Election of 1960: John F. Kennedy |
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142 | (2) |
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Spotlight: Election of 1960 |
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Election of 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson |
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144 | (3) |
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Election of 1968: Richard M. Nixon |
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147 | (2) |
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Election of 1972: Richard M. Nixon |
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149 | (2) |
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Election of 1976: Jimmy Carter |
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151 | (3) |
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Spotlight: The Carter Center |
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Election of 1980: Ronald Reagan |
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154 | (2) |
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Election of 1984: Ronald Reagan |
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156 | (2) |
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Election of 1988: George H. W. Bush |
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158 | (3) |
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Election of 1992: William Jefferson Clinto |
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161 | (4) |
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Election of 1996: Willary Jefferson Clinton |
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165 | (2) |
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Election of 2000: George W. Bush |
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167 | (6) |
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Point/Counterpoint: The Election of 2000 |
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Election of 2004: George W. Bush |
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173 | (1) |
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Election of 2008: Campaigns |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (2) |
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Justice for All: Florida's 13th District |
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177 | (3) |
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Elections, House of Representatives |
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180 | (8) |
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188 | (6) |
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194 | (7) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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Justice for All: A Means of Protest |
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204 | (1) |
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Federalist Party (1792-1816) |
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204 | (2) |
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Fifteenth Amendment (1870) |
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206 | (1) |
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Free Soil Party (1848-1852) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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Greenback Party (1874-1884) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (2) |
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Impeachment and Removal, Gubernatorial |
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213 | (1) |
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Impeachment, Presidential |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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Know Nothing (American) Party (1856) |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (2) |
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Libertarian Party (1971-) |
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223 | (1) |
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Liberty Party (1828-1836) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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Media Coverage of Campaigns and Elections |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (3) |
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Point/Counterpoint: Two Views on the Motor-Voter Law |
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National Unity Party (1980-1988) |
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229 | (1) |
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Natural Law Party (1922-2004) |
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229 | (1) |
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New Alliance Party (1988-1992) |
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230 | (1) |
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Nineteenth Amendment (1920) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (2) |
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PACs: Political Action committees |
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235 | (4) |
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Point/Counterpoinmt: Two Views of PAC Reform |
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239 | (3) |
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Point/Counterpoint: The 2004 Democratic and Republican Platforms |
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Peace and Freedom Party (1967-) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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Political Parties, Development and Role of |
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243 | (5) |
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Justice for All: Virginia Foster Durr |
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248 | (1) |
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Populist Party (1891-1908) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (2) |
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Point/Counterpoint: Two Views or Presidential Debates |
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Primary Elections, Presidential |
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251 | (5) |
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Progressive (Bull Moose) Party (1912) |
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256 | (1) |
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Progressive Party (La Follette) (1924) |
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257 | (1) |
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Progressive Party (Wallace) (1948) |
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258 | (1) |
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Reapportionment and Redistricting |
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259 | (5) |
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264 | (2) |
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266 | (4) |
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270 | (1) |
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Seventeenth Amendment (1913) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (2) |
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Socialist Workers Party (1938-) |
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274 | (1) |
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Special Elections, House of Representatives |
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274 | (1) |
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Special Elections, Senate |
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275 | (1) |
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Super Tuesday and Regional Primaries |
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276 | (4) |
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Point/Counterpoint: Two Views on Super Tuesday |
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280 | (1) |
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Point/Counterpoint: Two Views on term Limits |
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281 | (5) |
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286 | (1) |
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Twentieth Amendment (1933) |
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287 | (2) |
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Twenty-Fifth Amendment (1967) |
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289 | (2) |
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Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964) |
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291 | (1) |
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Twenty-second Amendment (1951) |
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291 | (2) |
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Twenty-Sixty Amendment (1971) |
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293 | (1) |
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Decision Makers: Rock the vote |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (3) |
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Voters, Voting Behavior, and Voter Turnout |
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298 | (3) |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965, the |
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301 | (6) |
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Point/Counter Point: Extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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Justice For All: Fannie Lou Hamer |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (4) |
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Decision Makers: Nancy Pelosi |
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315 | (3) |
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Justice for All: Suffragists |
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318 | (3) |
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Part Three: Primary Source Library |
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U.S. Constitution, Articale I, Section 4, 1789 |
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321 | (1) |
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U.S. Constitution, Articale II, Section 1,1789 |
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321 | (2) |
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U.S. Constitution, Articale II, Section 3, 1789 |
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323 | (1) |
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George Washington's Farewell Address, 1796 |
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323 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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First Use of the Democratic Donkey, 1828 |
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325 | (1) |
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Presidential Campaign Banner, 1872 |
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326 | (1) |
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First Use of the Republican Elephant, 1874 |
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327 | (1) |
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Speech After Being Convicted for Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election, 1873 |
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328 | (1) |
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Samuel Tilden's Speech, 1877 |
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329 | (2) |
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Populist Party Platform, 1892 |
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331 | (1) |
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Cross of Gold Speech, 1896 |
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332 | (1) |
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Seventeenth Amendment, 1913 |
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333 | (1) |
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Nineteenth Amendment, 1920 |
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333 | (1) |
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Commemorative Presidential Campaign Stamp, 1924 |
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334 | (1) |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address, March 20, 1933 |
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335 | (2) |
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Twentieth Amendment, 1933 |
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337 | (1) |
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Chicago Daily Tribunee Headline ``Dewey Defets Truman,''1948 |
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338 | (1) |
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Twenty-second Amendment, 1951 |
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339 | (1) |
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Richard M. Nixon's ``Checkers'' Speech, 1952 |
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339 | (2) |
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1950s Commemorative G.O.P. Handkerchief |
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341 | (1) |
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``Give Us the Ballot, We Will Transform the south,'' 19578 |
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342 | (1) |
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Inaugural Address, John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961 |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (1) |
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Twenty-fourth Amendment, 1964 |
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345 | (1) |
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Twenty-fifth Amendment, 1967 |
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346 | (1) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson's The American Promise, March 15, 1965 |
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347 | (2) |
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Voting rights Act of 1965 |
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349 | (2) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson Announces thaat He is Not a Presidential Candidate, March 31, 1968 |
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351 | (2) |
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Twenty-sixth Amendmnent, 1971 |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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Contract with America, 1994 |
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354 | (3) |
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George W. Bush, et al., petitioners, v. Albert Gore, Jr. et., 2000 |
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357 | (3) |
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Vice President Al Gore's concession Speech, December 13, 2000 |
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360 | (2) |
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George W. Bush's Acceptance Speech, 2000 |
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362 | (3) |
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President George W. Bush, press, Confernce After the Democratic Congressional Victories, 2006 |
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365 | (1) |
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Speaker-Elect Nancy Pelosi Addresses Democratic Colleagues, 2006 |
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366 | (1) |
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E-Voting Failures in the 2006 Mid-Term: A 2007 Report by VotersUnite! |
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367 | (2) |
Using Primary Sources |
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369 | (4) |
Glossary |
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373 | (6) |
Selected Bibliography |
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379 | (4) |
General Index |
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