American Political Parties and Elections: a Very Short Introduction

Name: American Political Parties and Elections: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780195301229

ISBN-10: 0195301226

ISBN-13: 9780195301229

Edition: 2007

Authors: L. Sandy Maisel

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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 the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a country where only two parties have a true chance of winning, despite the fact that a large number of citizens claim allegiance to neither and think badly of both. Or perhaps it is because in the U.S. campaign contributions disproportionately favor incumbents in most legislative elections, or that…

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List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.81" wide x 4.41" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.396

L. Sandy Maisel is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government and chair of the department of political science at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The author and/or editor of a dozen books, he lives in Oakland, Maine.




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