Elections & Referenda

After the Revolution, Americans faced the challenge of expanding representative government throughout an extensive territory. The complex process o...

What motivates citizens to support one party over the other? Do they carefully weigh all of the relevant issues and assess which party or candidate...

THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A blockbuster . . . Essential reading' GUARDIAN 'Packed with hair-raising revelations' OBSERVER The definiti...

The insurrection of January 6, 2021, demonstrated conclusively that tribalism in the United States has become dangerous. The other side is no longe...

This book evaluates the presidency of Donald Trump from a comparative, historical approach to connect his populist style to his predecessors. Trump...

Leslie Sorrell had success in growing a start-up to a successful and influential political consulting firm. This has transformed her understanding ...

Explores the cultural and political significance of the election of President TrumpDonald J. Trump's presidency has delivered a seismic shock to th...

New York Times BestsellerNot a conventional Trump-era book. It is less about the daily mayhem in the White House than about the unprecedented capit...

A New York Times bestseller.From CNNs veteran Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, an explosive, first-hand account of the dangers he faces ...

In November 2018, Baptist preacher Mark Harris beat the odds, narrowly fending off a blue wave in the sprawling Ninth District of North Carolina. B...

From 1865, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led campaigns for equal rights for all but were ultimately defeated by a Congress and ref...

The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, identified all legitimate voters as male. In so doing, it added gender-specific language to the...

Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward...

This is the greatest political story ever told - the epic clash between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, as captured in Theodore White's drama...

One of the surprises in the scholarship of American politics is the rarity of a serious study of a single electoral race. Indeed, there are few cas...

With a foreword by Isabel Hardman HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED...how people feel about sleeping with the political enemy? ...whether gambling markets are...

With the 2012 presidential election upon us, will voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platforms and positions best match their own? ...