Presidential Elections

Discover important academic works on American presidential elections from campaigning to the electoral college, selected by RCL editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists. In Syndetics Unbound, RCL Librarians recommend a selection of the 90,000+ titles available at rclweb.net.

Updated October 1, 2024
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Presidential elections : strategies of American electoral politics
Polsby, Nelson W.
Paper Book
Representation and the Electoral College
Alexander, Robert M.
Ebook
Nearly 800 proposals have been made to amend or abolish the Electoral College, and its divisiveness raises many questions. What role do electors play in American democracy? How should they vote? Should the Electoral College exist at all? Much confusion surrounds this institution, in large part...
Get out the vote! how to increase voter turnout
Green, Donald P.
Ebook
Get Out the Vote! Is a practical guide for anyone trying to mobilize voters or organize at the grass roots. Unlike authors of other campaign advice books, Donald Green and Alan Gerber root their work firmly in rigorous science. Their recommendations emerge from thorough experiments...
Presidents and Parties in the Public Mind
Jacobson, Gary C.
Ebook
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Red fighting blue : how geography and electoral rules polarize American politics
Hopkins, David A.
Paper Book
The national electoral map has split into warring regional bastions of Republican red and Democratic blue, producing a deep and enduring partisan divide in American politics. In Red Fighting Blue, David A. Hopkins places the current partisan and electoral era in historical context, explains how the...
Presidential campaigning in the internet age
Stromer-Galley, Jennifer
Ebook
The presidency : facing constitutional crossroads
Nelson, Michael
Ebook
Following the election of Donald Trump, the office of the U.S. president has come under scrutiny like never before. Featuring penetrating insights from high-profile presidential scholars, The Presidency provides the deep historical and constitutional context needed to put the Trump...
Ballot battles : the history of disputed elections in the United States
Foley, Edward
Ebook
The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century. But it is far from the only American election determined by a handful of votes and marred by claims of fraud. Since the founding of the nation, violence frequently erupted as the votes were being counted, and...
American political parties and elections : a very short introduction
Maisel, Louis Sandy
Paper Book
Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in...

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