CQ Press text bibliography dcu Washington, D.C CQ Press c2010 2010 6a ed. monographic eng

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2 v. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. In volume 1, part 1 examines the evolution of the US electoral system and includes material on the franchise and voting rights. It also explores the impact of major post-World War II political issues. Part 2 examines the evolution of campaign finance, traces the development of political parties, profiles major and minor parties, and discusses the historical significance of southern primaries. Part 3 features an overview and chronology of presidential elections along with information and data on presidential primaries, nominating conventions, popular and electoral voting and the Electoral College. In volume 2, part 4 opens with an overview of Congress, followed by a history of elections for the House of Representatives, and examination of reapportionment and redistricting, and detailed general election returns for House races since 1824. Part 4 also includes a history of service since 1789, Senate general election returns since 1913, and Senate primary election returns since 1920. Part 5 presents a history of gubernatorial elections, a list of governors and their terms of service since 1776, gubernatorial general election returns since 1776, and gubernatorial primary election returns since 1919. Volume 2 concludes with key reference materials, including primary sources documents and data tables, a selected bibliography, and six indexes for locating general or candidate-specific information. Revised and expanded by a team of expert writers and scholars, this renowned reference remains the definitive source for information US elections. Volume 1 -- Tables, figures, and boxes -- Editor's note -- Part 1: -- Elections In America -- Chapter 1: Evolution of American elections -- Challenging the two parties -- Basic layout -- Republicans start fast -- Democrats take charge -- Postwar politics: Kennedy and Nixon -- Split-level realignment -- Era of closeness -- Tale of two nations -- Historic milestones in US elections -- Chapter 2: Elections: an expanding franchise -- More voters, changing voter patterns -- Black vote: a long, painful struggle -- Women's vote: a victory in stages -- Eighteen-year old vote -- Removing obstacles to voting -- Part 2: -- Political Parties -- Chapter 3: Campaign finance -- Controversy surrounds financing system -- Financing campaigns: historical development -- Campaign finance reform in the 1970s and 1980s -- Comprehensive reform efforts in the 1980s and 1990s -- New laws in the 2000s -- Candidates' fund-raising and spending -- Chapter 4: Politics and issues, 1945-2008 -- Post-World War II years -- Vietnam War years -- Years of uneasy peace -- Post-Cold War era -- Partisan era -- Chapter 5: Political party development -- Political issues and the emergence of parties -- Internal party politics -- Third parties -- Chapter 6: Historical profiles of American political parties -- American Independent Party and American Party -- Anti-Federalists -- Anti-Masonic Party -- Breckinridge (southern) Democrats -- Citizens party -- Communist party -- Conservative party -- Constitutional Union Party -- Democratic Party -- Democratic-Republican Party -- Dixiecrats (States' Rights Party) -- Federalists -- Free soil party -- Green Party -- Greenback Party -- Know nothing (American) Party -- Liberal Party -- Liberal Republican Party -- Libertarian Party -- Liberty Party -- National Democratic Party -- National Republican Party -- National Unity Party (Independent John B Anderson) -- Natural Law Party -- New Alliance Party -- Peace and Freedom Party -- People's Party -- Populist (People's) Party -- Progressive (Bull Moose) Party -- Progressive Party (La Follette) -- Progressive Party (Wallace) -- Prohibition Party -- Reform Party (Independent Ross Perot) Republican Party -- Socialist Party -- Socialist Labor Party -- Socialist Workers Party -- Union Party -- US Labor Party (Independent Lyndon LaRouche) -- US Taxpayers Party and Constitution Party -- Whig Party -- Workers World Party -- Chapter 7: Southern Electoral Experience -- Historical role of primaries -- Preferential primaries -- County unit system: Georgia -- Special elections -- Racial discrimination -- Part 3: -- Presidential Elections -- Chapter 8: Introduction -- Who runs for President -- Exploratory stage -- Primary and caucus schedule -- Presidential nomination -- General election campaign -- Electoral college -- Term of Office -- Roads to the White House -- Chapter 9: Chronology of Presidential elections -- Emergence of the electoral process -- Age of Jackson -- Idea of a party system -- Slavery divides the nation -- Postwar radicalism -- Age of Republicanism -- Age of reform -- Return to normalcy and the roaring twenties -- New deal coalition -- Breakup of consensus -- New conservative discourse -- Clinton Era -- New century, old partisanship -- Chapter 10: Presidential primaries -- Front-loaded process -- Evolutionary process -- Nominations reform reversal of fortune -- Nominations today -- Chapter 11: Presidential primary returns, 1912-2008 -- Chapter 12: Nominating conventions -- Convention sites -- Delegate selection -- Controversial rules -- Convention officers -- Party platforms -- Filling vacancies -- Communications and the media -- Chapter 13: Political party nominees, 1831-2008 -- Chapter 14: Convention chronology, 1831-2008 -- Chapter 15: Key convention ballots -- Chapter 16: Popular vote returns for President -- Presidential popular vote returns: minor candidates and parties, 1824-2008 -- Chapter 17: Electoral college -- Constitutional background -- Methods of choosing electors -- Historical anomalies -- Election by Congress -- Counting the electoral vote -- Reform proposals -- Presidential disability -- Chapter 18: Electoral votes for President, 1789-2008 -- Electoral votes for Vice President, 1804-2008 -- Chapter 19: Biographical directory of presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates -- Indexes, following page 904 -- Presidential candidates index -- General index -- Volume 2 -- Part 4: -- Congressional Elections -- Chapter 20: Introduction -- Characteristics of members -- Women in Congress -- Blacks in Congress -- Hispanics in Congress -- Turnover in membership -- Shifts between chambers -- Chapter 21: House elections -- People's branch -- Special elections -- Disputed house elections -- Party control shifts -- Chapter 22: Reapportionment and redistricting -- Early history of reapportionment -- Reapportionment: the number of seats -- Redistricting: drawing the lines -- Major Supreme Court cases on redistricting -- Practical results of court's rulings -- Mid-decade redistricting and partisan gerrymandering -- Chapter 23: House general election returns, 1824-2008 -- Chapter 24: Senate elections -- Election by State Legislatures -- Changing election procedures -- Demands for popular elections -- Senate's three classes -- Sessions and terms -- Modern senate -- Chapter 25: US Senators, 1789-2009 -- Chapter 26: Senate general election returns, 1913-2008 -- Chapter 27: Senate primary election returns, 1920-2008 -- Part 5: Gubernatorial Elections -- Chapter 28: Introduction -- Length of terms -- Elections in nonpresidential years -- Methods of election -- Number of terms -- Majority vote requirement -- Hotbed of volatility -- Chapter 29: Governors of the states, 1776-2009 -- Chapter 30: Gubernatorial general election returns, 1776-2008 -- Chapter 31: Gubernatorial primary election returns, 1919-2008 -- Reference materials -- Constitutional provisions and amendments on elections -- Population of the United States and Puerto Rico, 1790-2000 -- Changing methods of electing Presidential electors, 1788-1836 -- Presidential nominating campaign lengths, 1968-2008 -- Victorious party in Presidential races, 1860-2008 -- Distribution of House seats and electoral votes -- Election results, Congress and the presidency, 1860-2008 -- Results of House elections, 1928-2008 -- Sessions of the US Congress, 1789-2009 -- Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1789-2009 -- House floor leaders, 1899-2009 -- Senate floor leaders, 1911-2009 -- Election-related web sites -- Political party abbreviations -- Selected bibliography -- Illustration credits and acknowledgments -- Indexes, following page 1790 -- House candidates index -- Senate general election Senate primary candidates index -- Gubernatorial general election candidates index -- Gubernatorial primary candidates index -- General index -- Tables, Figures, And Boxes -- Tables -- 1-1: Growing franchise in the United States, 1930-2008 -- 2-1: Nation's voters, 1980-2006 -- 2-2: Eligible voter turnout rates -- 3-1: Contribution limits for 2009-2010 election cycle -- 3-2: Campaign spending by candidates for Federal Office: 1976-2008 -- 7-1: Preference and runoff primaries -- 8-1: US Presidents and Vice Presidents -- 8-2: Campaign lengths for Presidential candidates, 2008 -- 8-3: Minority Presidents -- 10-1: Votes cast and delegates selected in Presidential primaries, 1912-2008 -- 12-1: Democratic conventions, 1832-2008 -- 12-2: Chief Officers and Keynote Speakers at Democratic National Conventions, 1832-2008 -- 12-3 Republican Conventions, 1856-2008 -- 12-4: Chief Officers and Keynote Speakers at Republican National Conventions, 1856-2008 -- 12-5 National party chairs, 1848-2009 -- 12-6: Chief Officers at other National Party Conventions, 1831-1892 -- 20-1: Age structure of Congress, 1949-2009 -- 20-2: Women in Congress, 1947-2009 -- 20-3: Blacks in Congress, 1947-2009 -- 20-4: Hispanics in congress, 1947-2009 -- 20-5: Longest service in Congress -- 22-1: Congressional apportionment, 1789-2000 -- 22-2: State population totals and House seat changes after the 2000 census -- 22-3: Interstate transfer of House seats by census and Senate, 1960-2000 -- 28-1: Party lineup of Governors -- 28-2: Length of Governor terms -- 28-3: Limitations on Governor terms -- Figures: -- 2-1: Voter turnout rates, Presidential and midterm elections, 1789-2008 -- 2-2: Partisan identification, national election studies, 1952-2008 --3-1: National soft money receipts -- 3-2: Congressional campaign spending by election year -- 5-1: American political parties, 1789-2008 -- 12-1: Republican and Democratic convention delegates, 1932-2008 -- 22-1: Reapportionment gainers and losers in 2000 -- 22-2: Redistricting in North Carolina -- 22-3: Redistricting in Illinois -- Boxes: -- Part 1: Elections In America-- Electoral anomalies -- Measuring voter turnout -- Constitutional provisions for House and Senate elections -- Part 2: -- Political Parties -- Campaign finance glossary -- Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold) -- Campaign finance history in a nutshell -- Actions of the :do-nothing" eightieth Congress -- Members of Congress who became President -- Governors who became President -- Term limits -- Party systems -- Why two parties? -- Part 3: Presidential Elections -- What they did before they became president -- President of the Confederacy -- Countdown in Florida -- Types of primaries and procedures -- Selection by caucus -- Choosing a running mate: the balancing act -- President's reelection chances -- Vice Presidents who have become President -- Growth of Presidential primaries: more and more, earlier and earlier -- Sites of major party conventions, 1832-2008 -- Changes in Democrats' Nominating rules -- Political Party organization and rules -- GOP primary rules -- Democrats' two-thirds rule -- Notable credentials fights -- Major platform fights -- Third parties usually fade rapidly -- Highlights of National Party Conventions, 1831-2008 -- Splitting of States' Electoral Votes: Factionalism and "Faithless Electors" -- Electoral college chronology -- Presidential election by the House -- Law for counting electoral votes in Congress -- Part 4: -- Congressional Elections -- Limiting terms -- Congressional characteristics and public opinion -- Incumbency -- Funding for competitive races -- Constitutional provisions -- Congress and redistricting -- How should the census count the population? -- Origins of the gerrymander -- Gerrymandering: the shape of the House -- Drawing districts -- Geographical patterns in reapportionment, 1790-2000 -- Senate appointments and special elections -- Appointed Senators after 1913 -- Part 5: -- Gubernatorial Elections -- Removal of a Governor from office. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Elections United States History Statistics Political conventions United States History Political parties United States History War Economic aspects Militarism Economic aspects Capitalism Politics and war United States Politics and government 2001-2009 R JK 1967 G946 2010 324.973 9781604265361 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1604265361 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2009033938 DLC 090701 20230411085845.0 84538