Posts Tagged ‘Campaign’

Winning Elections: Political Campaign Management, Strategy, and Tactics

Posted 18 Apr 2010
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This is an advanced guide to running political campaigns. It provides invaluable, practical advice from the leading pros in the industry…. More >> Winning Elections: Political Campaign Management, Strategy, and Tactics

A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential Campaign

Posted 18 Apr 2010
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  • ISBN13: 9780743293174
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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“They could write like angels and scheme like demons.” So begins Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Larson’s masterful account of the wild ride that was the 1800 presidential election — an election so convulsive and so momentous to the future of American democracy that Thomas Jefferson would later dub it “America’s second revolution.” This was America’s first true presidential campaign, giving birth to our two-party system and indelibly etching the lines of partisanship that have so profoundly shaped American politics ever since. The contest featured two of our most beloved Founding Fathers, once warm friends, facing off as the heads of their two still-forming parties — the hot-tempered but sharp-minded John Adams,… More >> A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential Campaign

Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way: A Comprehensive Guide for Candidates and Campaign Workers

Posted 18 Apr 2010
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  • ISBN13: 9780816653331
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Book Description
As the 2008 presidential race dominates political discussion and media coverage worldwide, thousands of lesser-known local contests are being hard-fought in our neighborhoods, cities, and states. Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way is based on the work of Wellstone Action, a leading-edge progressive training center that has instructed thousands of political activists, campaign managers, and volunteers, of whom more than two hundred have gone on to run for office and win. Jeff Blodgett and Bill Lofy analyze the crucial lessons learned from many successful (and several losing) campaigns and demystifies what it takes to run for—and win—a political seat.

Mexico’s Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Campaign of 2000

Posted 18 Apr 2010
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The 2000 Mexican presidential race culminated in the election of opposition candidate Vicente Fox and the end of seven decades of one-party rule. This book, which traces changes in public opinion and voter preferences over the course of the race, represents the most comprehensive treatment of campaigning and voting behavior in an emerging democracy. It challenges the “modest effects” paradigm of national election campaigns that has dominated scholarly research in the field.

Chapters cover authoritarian mobilization of voters, turnout patterns, electoral cleavages, party strategies, television news coverage, candidate debates, negative campaigning, strategic voting, issue-based voting, and the role of… More >> Mexico’s Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Campaign of 2000