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Winning the White House, 2008
McMahon, Kevin J., Rankin, David M., Beachler, Donald W., White, John Kenneth
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Description for Winning the White House, 2008
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 467.
What does it take to win the White House? This book helps students understand both the issues and how and why people vote for one candidate. After discussing the dynamics of the primary campaigns, the authors examine three broad sets of issues that play a key role in voting: foreign policy, domestic policies, and the culture wars. This sets the foundations for an examination of regional similarities and differences in voting patterns, as the varying salience and valence of issues-whether general or specific-is explored across and within regions. Special attention is paid to battleground states. Drawing on concepts from political ... Read more
What does it take to win the White House? This book helps students understand both the issues and how and why people vote for one candidate. After discussing the dynamics of the primary campaigns, the authors examine three broad sets of issues that play a key role in voting: foreign policy, domestic policies, and the culture wars. This sets the foundations for an examination of regional similarities and differences in voting patterns, as the varying salience and valence of issues-whether general or specific-is explored across and within regions. Special attention is paid to battleground states. Drawing on concepts from political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230607682
SKU
V9780230607682
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About McMahon, Kevin J., Rankin, David M., Beachler, Donald W., White, John Kenneth
KEVIN J. McMAHON is John R. Reitemeyer Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. DAVID RANKIN is Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, Fredonia, USA. DONALD W. BEACHLER is Associate Professor of Politics at Ithaca College, USA. JOHN KENNETH WHITE is Professor of Politics at ... Read more
Reviews for Winning the White House, 2008
Endorsements for Winning the White House, 2004: 'American presidents govern the entire nation but they are chosen in fifty separate state contests, each with its own rules, issues and personalities. Winning the White House is one of the few books to capture the state-by-state and regional realities of presidential politics. It is a book that should be ... Read more