Selecting a president

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Label

Selecting a president

Statement of responsibility

Eleanor Clift and Matthew Spieler

Creator

• Clift, Eleanor

Contributor

• Spieler, Matthew

Subject

• Political campaigns -- United States
• Presidents -- United States -- Election
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch
• United States -- Politics and government
• Presidents -- United States -- Nomination

Language

eng

Summary

"Selecting a President explains the nuts and bolts of our presidential electoral system while drawing on rich historical anecdotes from past campaigns. Among the world's many democracies, U.S. presidential elections are unique, where presidential contenders embark on a grueling, spectacular two-year journey that begins in Iowa and New Hampshire, and ends at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Modern presidential campaigns are a marked departure from the process envisioned by America's founders. Yet while they've evolved, many of the basic structures of our original electoral system remain in place--even as presidential elections have moved into the modern era with tools like Twitter and Facebook at their disposal--they must still compete in an election governed by rules and mechanisms conceived in the late eighteenth century. In this book, Clift and Spieler demonstrate that presidential campaigns are exciting, hugely important, disillusioning at times but also inspiring"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

324.973

Index

no index present

LC call number

JK528

LC item number

.C55 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Fundamentals of American government