Politics in the USA, Sixth Edition

90 Politics and elections of victory gained by the successful candidate. In 1960 John Kennedy had a popular vote majority of onl ...

Politics and elections 91 has been elected by the date on which the new president should take office, then the vice-president-el ...

92 Politics and elections sion. Equally in the cliff-hanger of 2000 the switch of a few thousand votes from one candidate to the ...

Politics and elections 93 more than half a million votes over his opponent, the Republican George W. Bush; 48.4 per cent of the ...

94 Politics and elections supporter, twice certified results declaring Bush the winner in Florida, but the state courts continue ...

Politics and elections 95 seats in the House of Representatives to the Republicans. The loss of sup- port at mid-term is partly ...

96 Politics and elections of Eisenhower’s name? And yet four years later Eisenhower was re-elected with an even greater percenta ...

Politics and elections 97 and of congressional districts was historically one of the major reasons for the difference in emphasi ...

98 Politics and elections of a well-known and popular figure for a state governorship may well have a considerable effect upon v ...

Politics and elections 99 The form of the ballot is also a matter of state law, and it is difficult to assess the importance of ...

100 Politics and elections writers, organisers, and press officers, means that it is impossible to fight a presidential election ...

Politics and elections 101 paign Reform Act (BCRA) was passed in 2002. The Act prohibited national political parties from raisin ...

102 Politics and elections political system: the formulation of policies. The job of partly filling this gap is performed by the ...

5 Pressure politics Group pluralism Arriving at political decisions involves complex processes that vary according to the issues ...

104 Pressure politics group may be little more than one ‘wing’ of a political party; on the other hand, a group may be at pains ...

Pressure politics 105 political system. First, there must be a broad consensus of agreement about the basis and aims of the soci ...

106 Pressure politics drug-store owners in New York City or Los Angeles to achieve common aims even if his views on all matters ...

Pressure politics 107 problem solved. At the other extreme there are those organisations that ex- hibit a formidable degree of s ...

108 Pressure politics Million Man March’. The official estimate of attendance was 875,000 black men. And then, almost as appenda ...

Pressure politics 109 their field of interest, and there are many other federal agencies engaged in the regulation of business a ...