TY - BOOK AU - McCaffrey,Paul TI - The United States election system T2 - The Reference shelf SN - 0824210360 AV - JK 1976 .U217 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - H.W. Wilson KW - Elections KW - United States KW - Voting KW - Political parties KW - Presidential candidates KW - Campaign funds KW - Presidents KW - Election KW - 2000 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; History of voting in the United States; Elizabeth M. Yang --; Electoral college works quietly, just as founders intended; Sen. Byron Dorgan --; Right to vote; Jamin B. Raskin --; In search of the elusive swing voter; Joshua Green --; New generation, new politics; Anna Greenberg --; Better Ballot?; Mary Wiltenburg --; Voting-machine makers to fight security criticism; Jonathan Krim --; United Staes political parties --; Chieftains and the Church; Ted Halstead --; Election is turning novices into political advocates; Elisabeth Rosenthal; Third-party candidates make issues resonate; Jim Eskin --; It's not your father's reform party anymore; Bree Hocking --; Historic perpective on Iowa caucuses; Alicia P. Stern --; Overview of the primary process; Chris Nammour --; Granite state tradition forces pols to campaign face to face; Jack Spillane --; From the national party conventions --; High Court upholds most of campaign finance law; David G. Savage --; How we choose; Sharon Cohen --; Fundraising crucial for U.S. presidential candidates; Stephanie Ho; Small web donations have politicians thinking big; Frederick H. Lowe --; Free airtime : how to use a public good for the public interest; Matt Farrey --; Subsidizing soapboxes : McCain's free airtime for politicians bill; John Samples and Adam Thierer --; Think tank as flack; David Callahan --; 2004 : an election for the ages?; James Hilty --; Myths and mysteries of picking a No. 2; David Greenberg --; Battleground '04; Juan Gonzalez --; Women voters key in 2004 presidential election; Darlisa Y. Crawford; Republicans seen retaining control of Senate; Donald Lambro --; Daunting task of takeover; Gregory L. Giroux --; Redistricting battles --; How the Internet is changing politics; Ann M. Mack --; Endorsements may help but not much; J. Patrick Coolican ER -