Download or read book The Voter s Guide to Election Polls written by Michael W. Traugott and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2007-12-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Michael Traugott and Paul Lavrakas give voters everything they need to know about election polls and why it matters that we understand them. If statistics are worse than lies, just think what misreading the polls can do!
Download or read book The Voter s Guide to Election Polls written by Ph D. Michael W. Traugott and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifth Edition. For the sixth presidential election running, Michael W. Traugott and Paul J. Lavrakas team up to give voters everything they need to know about election polls. When it comes to polls, the stakes are high, which is why this edition has been revised to incorporate information on the latest technologies used for data collection and data analysis. In straightforward language, the authors answer questions such as: - How do political candidates and organizations use poll data? - How do news organizations collect and report poll data? - Why do pollsters use samples? - How do media organizations analyze polls? They also examine common problems and complaints about polls, such as the increasing use of "push polls"-a political telemarketing technique-and polls conducted on the Internet that attract a large number of respondents who may not be representative of the general public.
Download or read book How Should We Vote on November 8 written by Phil Frankfeld and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Voter s Handbook written by Hasbrouck Osterhoudt Palen and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Voters Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Citizen s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting written by David P. Redlawsk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the run-up to a contentious 2020 presidential election, the much-maligned American voter may indeed be wondering, “How did we get here?” A Citizen’s Guide to the Political Psychology of Voting offers a way of thinking about how voters make decisions that provides both hope and concern. In many ways, voters may be able to effectively process vast amounts of information in order to decide which candidates to vote for in concert with their ideas, values, and priorities. But human limitations in information processing must give us pause. While we all might think we want to be rational information processors, political psychologists recognize that most of the time we do not have the time or the motivation to do so. The question is, can voters do a “good enough” job even if they fail to account for everything during the campaign? Evidence suggests that they can, but it isn’t easy. Here, Redlawsk and Habegger portray a wide variety of voter styles and approaches—from the most motivated and engaged to the farthest removed and disenchanted—in vignettes that connect the long tradition of voter survey research to real life voting challenges. They explore how voters search for political information and make use of it in evaluating candidates and their positions. Ultimately, they find that American voters are reasonably competent in making well-enough informed vote choices efficiently and responsibly. For citizen voters as well as students and scholars, these results should encourage regular turnout for elections now and in the future.
Download or read book A Citizen s Guide to U S Elections written by Costas Panagopoulos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political observers routinely lament that American democracy is broken, and many of them blame electoral malfunction. But is the system really broken? Panagopoulos and Weinschenk make the case that citizens are empowered to fix what’s wrong with electoral politics and renew democracy in America, all within the institutional setup and framework of the existing system. Put simply, much of what is broken can be fixed if people stop throwing up their arms and start rolling up their sleeves to do the hard work of building our democracy. This book provides an overview of the basic features that characterize contemporary elections in the United States and includes discussions about voter participation and decision-making patterns, money in elections, and the role of parties and the media in presidential, congressional and state and local races. It also outlines some of the most important trends and challenges in the current system. As a call to action, each chapter features potential solutions to the challenges that exist in U.S. elections.
Download or read book Behind the Ballot Box written by Douglas J. Amy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-09-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in voting systems and voting system reform is growing in the United States. Voting systems—the procedures by which we cast votes and elect our public officials—are a crucial part of the democratic election process. The decision to use one kind of voting system rather than another has far-reaching political consequences. Among other things, voting systems help to determine which officials are elected to run our governments, the variety of parties that voters have to choose from at the polls, whether political minorities can win any representation, and whether the majority will rule. Amy gives readers all the information and analytical tools needed to make intelligent choices among voting systems. He provides a set of political criteria that can be used to judge voting systems and gives detailed descriptions of all the common voting systems used in the United States and other Western democracies, including winner-take-all systems as well as proportional representation systems. He also provides an analysis of the various political advantages and disadvantages associated with each type of system. This is an important guide for citizens, government officials, political activists, students, and anyone who wants to learn more about voting systems and their political implications.
Download or read book How To Choose A Political Party written by Delcie Sternisha and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-07-02 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What the heck is happening to our country. it's all so sad and frustrating and the book supplied some chuckles to release the tension. This politically incorrect voter guide is for the Bush lovin' Obama haters. It is for anyone who thinks that Dick Cheney is a loyal American and Ronald Reagan a Deity. It is especially for the working-class American who believes the Republican Party as it exists today gives a damn about them or their family. I love my country and pay attention. The United States is going in a very wrong direction at this point in history and it may take Teddy Roosevelt coming down off of Mount Rushmore to save this beautiful idea, America. If you read this Dick Cheney I hope you will see the error of your ways. The fact that you have not been in front of the Hague for War Crimes when Maryland National Guard troops served jail time for treating prisoners in accordance with guidelines approved by you speaks volumes about what is wrong with the United States today.
Download or read book Reasons to Vote for Democrats written by Michael J. Knowles and published by Threshold Editions. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the book that Donald Trump called “a great book for your reading enjoyment!” The most exhaustively researched and coherently argued Democrat Party apologia to date, Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide is a political treatise sure to stand the test of time. A must-have addition to any political observer's coffee table. *** Lefty lawyers require that we state the book is mostly blank and contains precisely 1,235 words.
Download or read book The Intelligent Voter s Guide written by Socialist Party (U.S.). National Campaign Committee, 1928 and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Intelligent Voter s Guide written by Socialist Party (U.S.). National Campaign Committee, 1928 and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to U S Elections written by Deborah Kalb and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2015-12-24 with total page 2189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CQ Press Guide to U.S. Elections is a comprehensive, two-volume reference providing information on the U.S. electoral process, in-depth analysis on specific political eras and issues, and everything in between. Thoroughly revised and infused with new data, analysis, and discussion of issues relating to elections through 2014, the Guide will include chapters on: Analysis of the campaigns for presidency, from the primaries through the general election Data on the candidates, winners/losers, and election returns Details on congressional and gubernatorial contests supplemented with vast historical data. Key Features include: Tables, boxes and figures interspersed throughout each chapter Data on campaigns, election methods, and results Complete lists of House and Senate leaders Links to election-related websites A guide to party abbreviations
Download or read book Voter s Self Defense Manual written by Project Vote Smart and published by Project Vote Smart. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vote Smart's Voter's Self-Defense Manual is a starting point for direct access to information about your candidates and elected officials, It contains a record of the past two years for each Congress person by listing 17 votes and 17 special interest group ratings as well as campaign finance information. It is only a sampling of Vote Smart’s online database with information on Congressional members' political courage, voting records, interest group ratings, campaign contributions, and contact information. This publication is available free of charge to all citizens.
Download or read book Easy Voter Guide written by Easy Voter Guide Project and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Won t Get Fooled Again written by Joseph H. Boyett and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, incompetent leadership has done more to change the face of our world than perhaps in any other time in history. Recent events like Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq have proven that blind faith in our rulers is more than foolish--it can be downright dangerous. The world has grown more complicated and more volatile, and making intelligent decisions about the people in charge has never been more crucial. What causes us to follow bad leaders and how can we stop it? The answer is simple: If we want better leaders, we need to become better informed and more demanding followers. Won't Get Fooled Again is an eye-opening look at the politicians and other public servants who promise too much and deliver too little. Using extensive research and solid evidence, author Joseph Boyett reveals: - why we need leaders in the first place - how to tell if a leader is authentic - the top four red flags that your leader's vision is flawed - why "wishy-washy" can-di-dates and "flip floppers" can make the best leaders Timely and revelatory, this is the one book that will change the way we vote, the way we see the world, and who we trust.
Download or read book Securing the Vote written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 2016 presidential election, America's election infrastructure was targeted by actors sponsored by the Russian government. Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy examines the challenges arising out of the 2016 federal election, assesses current technology and standards for voting, and recommends steps that the federal government, state and local governments, election administrators, and vendors of voting technology should take to improve the security of election infrastructure. In doing so, the report provides a vision of voting that is more secure, accessible, reliable, and verifiable.
