Elections & Referenda

From a certain perspective, the biggest political story of 2016 was how the candidate who bought three-quarters of the political ads lost to the on...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of reports, correspondence and other publications on Ukraine. Some of the issues discussed include: U.S. P...

The real collusion in the 2016 election was not between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. It was between the Clinton campaign and the Obama admin...

The latest book in the long-running Britain at the Polls series provides an indispensable account of the fascinating 2017 British general election....

''Does full justice to the remarkable achievements of an unlikely martyr'' Mail on Sunday ''A fascinating study of a handful of the potential ...

Do members of Congress follow through on the appeals they make in campaigns? The answer to this question lies at the heart of assessments of democr...

Over the past decade, American outlets such as PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, and the Washington Post's Fact Checker have shaken up the political world...

Do vice presidential candidates play any significant role in presidential elections? Challenging the conventional wisdom, Stacy Ulbig shows the imp...

What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity? He runs for re-election.Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to...

A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A whodunnit political page-turner' Melissa Benn, New Statesman 'The best political book I...

With new, updated material, P. J. O''Rourke covers the whole election process from the pig pile of presidential candidates circa June 2015, through...

In the crucible of the 2017 general election, a small group of progressive activists set about trying to change British political life for the bett...

The presidential election of 1912 was the only one whose candidates included an incumbent president, a former president and a future president. ...

An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectualW...

Current through the November 2012 elections, The New Southern Politics seamlessly integrates a thematic overview of the distinctive political, soci...

This reference work provides complete returns for the presidential elections by state and county for the period 1788 to 1860. Available nowhere ...

Nominating conventions were the highlight of presidential elections in the Gilded Age, an era when there were no primaries, no debates and nomin...

For more than 200 years, candidates have campaigned for the highest office in the land, debating the major issues facing the country, capturing the...

Over 40 years ago, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) and related amendm...

Coming out of the 2000 Canadian federal election, the dominance of the Liberal Party seemed assured. By 2011 the situation had completely reversed:...

Inside this book the reader will find the following key resources: * BACKGROUND INFORMATION: a brief history of the UK's involvement with Europe...

The Constitution sets out three eligibility requirements to be President: one must be 35 years of age, a resident within the United States for 14...

MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR OBSERVER BOOK OF THE WEEK'A compelling book' Evening Standard 'Essential' Sunday Times 'His soldier's dispatch is...