Download or read book Every U S Election Ever one act version written by Ian McWethy and published by Stage Partners. This book was released on with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presidential elections got ya down? Feel like they used to be respectful and dignified and not such a mess? Well you're wrong! In this madcap play you'll get to see every presidential election this country has ever had with all the dirty tricks, low blows, and unqualified candidates the U.S. is known for! With songs, parodies, and a dancing Richard Nixon! A comedy that proves politics can be educational and entertaining! (This is an updated version with a new post-Election ending!) (There is also a full-length version available.) Comedy One-act. 35-45 minutes 6-40 actors, gender flexible

Download or read book Last Day of School one act version written by Ian McWethy and published by Stage Partners. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the final day of classes at Rochester High School, a renegade student takes over the morning announcements and proposes that everyone do something bold. Or unexpected. Or brave. Or stupid. The point is, you may not have another chance, so now's the time to stop being a wallflower and kiss the girl (or guy!). To let your enemies know that you have always hated their guts. Or to do something as simple as climb the rope in gym without throwing up. Through a series of interconnected scenes, misconceptions, grudges, and secret crushes come out into the open in hilarious and surprisingly touching ways. A comedy with a lot of heart, and no regrets. (A full-length version is also available.) Comedy/Drama One-act. 40-45 minutes 4-12 actors, gender flexible

Download or read book By One Vote written by Michael F. Holt and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With electoral votes disputed in three states, a Democrat winning the popular vote, and the Supreme Court stepping in to overrule Florida court decisions, the presidential election of 1876 was an eerie precursor to that of 2000. Rutherford Hayes's defeat of Samuel Tilden has been dubbed the "fraud of the century"; now one of America's preeminent political historians digs deeper to unravel its real significance. This election saw the highest voter turnout of any in U.S. history-a whopping 82 percent-and also the narrowest margin of victory, as a single electoral vote decided the outcome. Michael Holt offers a fresh interpretation of this disputed election, not merely to rehash claims of fraud but to explain why it was so close. Examining the post-Civil War political environment, he particularly focuses on its most curious feature: that Republicans were the only party in history to retain the presidency in the middle of a severe depression after decisively losing the preceding off-year congressional elections. Holt begins with the election of 1872 to demonstrate how competition for Liberal Republicans shaped the campaign strategies of both parties. He stresses the critical but little-noted importance of Colorado statehood in August-which changed the size of the electoral-vote majority needed to win-and provides a new answer to the vexing question of why a Democratic-controlled Congress had admitted Colorado in time to participate in the presidential election, when without its votes Tilden would have won. And he argues that the high voter turnout was attributable both to Republicans exploiting fears of ex-Confederates recapturing control of the government and to long-apathetic southern Democrats reacting to war memories and Reconstruction realities. By One Vote shows how this election triggered a Republican revival and established the GOP as the Democrats' major competitor. Holt's compelling analysis of the dispute over electoral votes also explains why charges of Republican fraud are questionable-and how Democrats were just as guilty of corruption. A masterly retelling of this controversial episode, Holt's study captures the mood of the country and testifies to the power that hatreds and fears aroused by the Civil War still exercised over the American people.

Download or read book Win or Lose written by Ian McWethy and published by Stage Partners. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competition is all that matters, and these kids today have got to learn that...by being pitted against each other in an absurdly grueling four-part race. Winner gets a scholarship. Come in last? You're banned from prom. The parents love it! But when different groups at the beginning, middle, and end of the pack compare notes, commiserate and meet a local cautionary tale, they decide to play a different game altogether. An inventively-staged, hilariously surreal winner of a one-act comedy. Because winning is all that matters in life, right? ...Right?!? Comedy One-act. 25-30 minutes 10-20 actors, gender flexible

Download or read book Adapted Destroyed a Tale of Storytelling Gone Wrong written by Ian McWethy and published by Stage Partners. This book was released on 2023-03-29 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It started as a bedtime story. The bunny story Mary’s mom used to tell was pretty weird (and more about death and mortgage rates than you’d expect), but now it’s a way for Mary to remember times shared with her late mom. So she writes it down…and it takes on a life of its own. From a fireman-centric children’s book, to a cutesy animated musical, to a terrifying energy drink commercial – every absurd adaptation creates a new form of the bunny. But does the story even belong to Mary anymore? A heartfelt comedy about what makes stories personal, and why we share them, in a world where everything gets adapted into oblivion. Comedy One-act. 25-30 minutes 10-28 actors, gender flexible

Download or read book Two Ships Passing written by Ian McWethy and published by Stage Partners. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meeting up is tough when your phone is dead, and even tougher when the lines of reality may or may not have evaporated. This play is part of the short play collection Rogues' Gallery and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection. Comedy Short Play. 10 minutes 6 actors, flexible

Download or read book Federal Election Campaign Laws written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Legal History of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How America Chooses Its Presidents written by Alexander S. Belenky and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now Can I Cry? is a story that recounts the abusive life of a young girl named Scottie. It begins with incest, violence and isolation and ends with the birth of a ministry and resurrection of a soul.

Download or read book Direct Popular Election of the President and Vice President of the United States written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Legislative History of Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974 written by United States. Federal Election Commission and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Speeches Upon Federal Election Bill written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 1434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Timeline of Presidential Elections written by Robert S. Erikson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In presidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race for president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It’s a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien reveal for the first time how both factors come into play. Erikson and Wlezien have amassed data from close to two thousand national polls covering every presidential election from 1952 to 2008, allowing them to see how outcomes take shape over the course of an election year. Polls from the beginning of the year, they show, have virtually no predictive power. By mid-April, when the candidates have been identified and matched in pollsters’ trial heats, preferences have come into focus—and predicted the winner in eleven of the fifteen elections. But a similar process of forming favorites takes place in the last six months, during which voters’ intentions change only gradually, with particular events—including presidential debates—rarely resulting in dramatic change. Ultimately, Erikson and Wlezien show that it is through campaigns that voters are made aware of—or not made aware of—fundamental factors like candidates’ policy positions that determine which ticket will get their votes. In other words, fundamentals matter, but only because of campaigns. Timely and compelling, this book will force us to rethink our assumptions about presidential elections.

Download or read book Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885 written by United States. Congress. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1903 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Privileges and Elections and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885 written by George S. Taft and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nomination and Election of President and Vice President and Qualifications for Voting written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers. S.J. Res. 1 and related Senate Joint Resolutions, to revise procedure for President and Vice President election in both general and primary elections. S.J. Res. 14 and related Senate Joint Resolutions, to revise voter residence, age and economic qualification standards.