Choosing the President 2004: A Citizen's Guide to the Electoral Process [Paperback]

The League of Women Voters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2003 | Series: Choosing the President

From the early jockeying and the first candidate announcements to the final tally on Election Day, choosing the president is an exciting, sometimes bewildering, and ever evolving process that dominates American politics for up to two years. CHOOSING THE PRESIDENT is a thorough yet accessible and completely nonpartisan look at the players and events, explaining every important landmark on the road to the White House including:
· publicly visible events such as primaries, caucuses, and conventions
· the strategies that guide fund-raising, campaigning, and spin doctoring
· institutions that include the national parties, governmental oversight committees, and public-policy organizations
· voting rights and voter behavior
· the role of the media and the effects of polls and reporting
· the actual laws that govern how we choose the president-from the Constitution to the
latest campaign-finance rules

While casting a vote is every citizen's right, casting an informed vote is every citizen's responsibility. This completely up-to-date and fully revised guide will enable every citizen to cast that informed vote.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"For citizens who seek to be informed about the electoral process, Choosing the President 2004 is a perfect fit. It is chocked with solid information and keen insights that will make its readers want to be part of the process, whatever their partisanship and whatever their opinion about the need to reform the process."

--Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor, Harvard University and author of The Vanishing Voter

From the Back Cover

From the early jockeying and the first candidate announcements to the final tally on Election Day, selecting the president is an exciting, sometimes bewildering, and ever evolving process that dominates American politics for up to two years. Choosing the President 2004 is a thorough yet accessible and completely nonpartisan look at the players and events, explaining every important landmark on the road to the White House including: publicly visible events such as primaries, caucuses, and conventions; the strategies that guide fund-raising, campaigning, and spin doctoring; institutions that include the national parties, governmental oversight committees, and public-policy organizations; voting rights and voter behavior; the role of the media and the effects of polls and reporting; the actual laws that govern how we choose the president - from the Constitution to the latest campaign-finance rules
While casting a vote is every citizen's right, casting an informed vote is every citizen's responsibility. This completely up-to-date and fully revised guide will enable every citizen to cast that informed vote.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592282113
• ISBN-13: 978-1592282111
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,342,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)