The Virgin Vote
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The Virgin Vote
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Author : Jon Grinspan
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2016-02-13
The Virgin Vote written by Jon Grinspan and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-13 with History categories.
There was a time when young people were the most passionate participants in American democracy. In the second half of the nineteenth century--as voter turnout reached unprecedented peaks--young people led the way, hollering, fighting, and flirting at massive midnight rallies. Parents trained their children to be "violent little partisans," while politicians lobbied twenty-one-year-olds for their "virgin votes"—the first ballot cast upon reaching adulthood. In schoolhouses, saloons, and squares, young men and women proved that democracy is social and politics is personal, earning their adulthood by participating in public life. Drawing on hundreds of diaries and letters of diverse young Americans--from barmaids to belles, sharecroppers to cowboys--this book explores how exuberant young people and scheming party bosses relied on each other from the 1840s to the turn of the twentieth century. It also explains why this era ended so dramatically and asks if aspects of that strange period might be useful today. In a vivid evocation of this formative but forgotten world, Jon Grinspan recalls a time when struggling young citizens found identity and maturity in democracy.
The Lavender Vote
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Author : Mark Hertzog
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1996-08-01
The Lavender Vote written by Mark Hertzog and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-01 with Social Science categories.
In the quarter century since the Stonewall riots in New York City's Greenwich Village launched the national gay-rights movement in earnest, LGB voters have steadily expanded their political influence. The Lavender Vote is the first full- length examination of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals as a factor in American elections. Mark Hertzog here describes the differences in demographics, attitudes, and voting behavior between self-identified bisexuals and homosexuals and the rest of the voting population. He shows that lavender self- identifiers comprise a distinctive voting bloc equal in numbers to Latino voters, more liberal across the board on domestic social issues (though not necessarily on economic or national security issues) than non-gay voters, and extremely unified in high-salience elections. Further, lavender voters, contrary to popular belief, are up for grabs between the two major parties. Offering a clear and thorough explanation of LGB voting tendencies, this volume will be must-reading for elected officials, candidates for office, and all those interested in learning about LGB voters.
Money For Votes
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Author : Eric Kramon
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-02
Money For Votes written by Eric Kramon and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-02 with Political Science categories.
This book explains why vote buying is common in low-income democracies in Africa, and examines its consequences for democratic accountability.
Why Do Elections Matter In Africa
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Author : Nic Cheeseman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-18
Why Do Elections Matter In Africa written by Nic Cheeseman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-18 with Law categories.
A radical new approach to understanding Africa's elections: explaining why politicians, bureaucrats and voters so frequently break electoral rules.
The American Ballot Box In The Mid Nineteenth Century
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Author : Richard Franklin Bensel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-04-12
The American Ballot Box In The Mid Nineteenth Century written by Richard Franklin Bensel and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-12 with History categories.
During the middle of the nineteenth century, Americans voted in saloons in the most derelict sections of great cities, in hamlets swarming with Union soldiers, or in wooden cabins so isolated that even neighbors had difficulty finding them. Their votes have come down to us as election returns reporting tens of millions of officially sanctioned democratic acts. Neatly arrayed in columns by office, candidate, and party, these returns are routinely interpreted as reflections of the preferences of individual voters and thus seem to unambiguously document the existence of a robust democratic ethos. By carefully examining political activity in and around the polling place, this book suggests some important caveats which must attend this conclusion. These caveats, in turn, help to bridge the interpretive chasm now separating ethno-cultural descriptions of popular politics from political economic analyses of state and national policy-making.
Policy Office Or Votes
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Author : Wolfgang C. Müller
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-08-28
Policy Office Or Votes written by Wolfgang C. Müller and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-28 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the behaviour of political parties in situations where they experience conflict between two or more important objectives.
The Age Of Acrimony
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Author : Jon Grinspan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2021-04-27
The Age Of Acrimony written by Jon Grinspan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-27 with History categories.
A penetrating, character-filled history “in the manner of David McCullough” (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics. Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent elections in U.S. history, driven by vibrant campaigns that drew our highest-ever voter turnouts. At the century's end, reformers finally restrained this wild system, trading away participation for civility in the process. They built a calmer, cleaner democracy, but also a more distant one. Americans' voting rates crashed and never fully recovered. This is the origin story of the “normal” politics of the 20th century. Only by exploring where that civility and restraint came from can we understand what is happening to our democracy today. The Age of Acrimony charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America's unruly politics through the lives of a remarkable father-daughter dynasty. The radical congressman William “Pig Iron” Kelley and his fiery, Progressive daughter Florence Kelley led lives packed with drama, intimately tied to their nation's politics. Through their friendships and feuds, campaigns and crusades, Will and Florie trace the narrative of a democracy in crisis. In telling the tale of what it cost to cool our republic, historian Jon Grinspan reveals our divisive political system's enduring capacity to reinvent itself.
Making Young Voters
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Author : John B. Holbein
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-02-20
Making Young Voters written by John B. Holbein and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-20 with Political Science categories.
The solution to youth voter turnout requires focus on helping young people follow through on their political interests and intentions.
A Century Of Votes For Women
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Author : Christina Wolbrecht
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-30
A Century Of Votes For Women written by Christina Wolbrecht and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-30 with History categories.
Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.
Compulsory Voting
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Author : Jason Brennan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-06-12
Compulsory Voting written by Jason Brennan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-12 with Philosophy categories.
Leading political theorists Jason Brennan and Lisa Hill debate the drawbacks and benefits of voter turnout.