Incorporating the views of both professionals and academics, this volume describes US federal, state, and local political campaigns and elections, focusing on a framework involving the rules that govern the electoral process, the reality that candidates confront when a campaign begins, the strategies used by campaign actors, and the choices made by voters, as well as the standards of free choice, political equality, deliberation, and free speech, and the difficulty in meeting them. It discusses the electoral process; the history of American campaigns; financing campaigns; modern campaign strategies; the roles of political parties, interest groups, and the media; presidential, congressional, and state and local campaigns; voter participation and choice; and the role of campaigns in democracy, as well as reform. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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