Contributor
H.W. Wilson Company.
Edition Statement:[First edition]
ImprintAmenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, 2016.
Descriptionxiii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Note:1. ELECTION LAWS, REDISTRICTING, CAMPAIGN FINANCING, CORPORATE FUNDRAISING. CASH AND CONSTITUENCY: CAMPAIGN FINANCING AND PARTISAN ELECTORAL MANIPULATION. Drawing the line: how redistricting turned America from blue to red / Elizabeth Kolbert ; What is political "dark money" and is it bad? / Michael Beckel ; How "ghost corporations" are funding the 2016 election / Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy ; Why redistricting threatens democracy / John Nichols ; Voting rights become a proxy war in the 2016 presidential election / Frank Askin ; How Citizens United has changed politics in 5 years / Gabrielle Levy ; The many sins of "Citizens United" / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse ; The first postmodern political machine / Walter Russell Mead -- 2. ELECTION LAWS, REDISTRICTING, CAMPAIGN FINANCING, CORPORATE FUNDRAISING. POLITICAL OUTSIDERS: CLASS, RACE, AND GENDER IN THE 2016 ELECTION. The woman card: how feminism and antifeminism created Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump / Jill Lepore ; Working-class heroes: the 2016 election shows that, when talking about class, Americans and the candidates are both out of practice / Jelani Cobb ; Outsiders' chance / The Economist ; Class, Trump, and the election / Victor David Hanson ; Race, class, and the 2016 election / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ; The great Republican revolt / David Frum ; Trump's America / Charles Murray ; Identity heft: why the politics of race and gender are dominating the 2016 election / Jeet Heer ; The populists / George Packer -- 3. CAMPAIGN ISSUES: IMMIGRATION, TRADE, THE ECONOMY. IDENTITY AND ECONOMICS: IMMIGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION IN THE 2016 RACE. The truth about trade: what critics get wrong about the global economy / Douglas A. Irwin ; Immigration and the 2016 election / Victor Agbafe ; Even conservatives say Trump's immigration plan is dystopian / Issie Lapowsky ; Supreme Court's split elevates immigration as election issue / Mike Dorning ; Simmering for decades, anger about trade boils over in '16 election / Binyamin Appelbaum ; Why the conditions were perfect for Bernie's socialist crusade / Robert Kuttner ; Election 2016 is propelled by the American economy's failed promises / Jon Hilsenrath and Bob Davis -- 4. CAMPAIGN MESSAGING: LANGUAGE, SOCIAL MEDIA, VIDEO. NEWS AND INFORMATION IN THE 2016 CAMPAIGN. The rhetorical brilliance of Trump the demagogue / Jennifer Mercieca ; Who's influencing election 2016? / William Powers ; Here's how social media will impact the 2016 presidential election / Rohan Ayyar ; 2016 presidential election circus: is social media the cause? / Marissa Lang ; Digital video plays critical role in 2016 election / Philip Rosenstein ; Foul-mouthed and proud of it on the '16 campaign trail / Matt Flegenheimer and Maggie Haberman ; What Google and Twitter can tell us about 2016 / Daniel White ; Facebook to provide "political bias" training for employees / Rob Bluey ; The polls are all wrong: a startup called Civis is our best hope to fix them / Garrett M. Graff.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of all aspects of voting in the United States.
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