Winning the White House 2008

What does it take to win the White House? This text helps students understand both the issues and the how and why people vote for a candidate.

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Main Authors: McMahon, Kevin J
Group Author: Rankin, David M; Beachler, Donald W; White, John Kenneth, 1952
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230100428
Summary: What does it take to win the White House? This text helps students understand both the issues and the how and why people vote for a candidate.
"2008 was the most important election in our lifetime, and this book has it all for the scholar, the journalist, the student, and just the general reader. It is packed with all the data I need for one-stop shopping, and also highly readable analysis. Above all, it allows me to relive the story - the very big story of this campaign. Highly recommended." - John Zogby, President/CEO of Zogby International, a polling company, and author of The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream "Winning the White House, 2008 is a thoughtful and timely volume on one of the
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 208 p.
ISBN: 9780230607682
9780230100428 :
0230100422 :
CLC: D771.224
Contents: Part 1: The Nomination * Chapter 1: A Campaign To Remember, John Kenneth White * Part II: The Issues * Chapter 2: It was the Economy, Mostly, Donald W. Beachler * Chapter 3: The Foreign Policy Election That Wasn't, John Kenneth White * Chapter 4: Searching for the Social Issue, Kevin J. McMahon * Part III: The Regions * Chapter 5: The Northeast: Blue, Deep Blue Kevin J. McMahon * Chapter 6: The South: Winking at Dixie, Donald W. Beachler * Chapter 7: The Midwest: Middle America's Margins, David M. Rankin * Chapter 8: The West: On the Electoral Frontier, David M. Rankin.