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political system: the formulation of policies. The job of partly filling this gap
is performed by the next set of political structures to which we shall turn our
attention – the interest groups.
Further reading
Abramson, P.R., Aldrich, J.H. and Rohde, D.W. (2003) Change and Continuity in the 2000
and 2002 Elections, Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Mieczkowski, Y. (2001) The Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections, London:
Routledge.
Nelson, M. (ed.) (2005) The Elections of 2004, Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Polsby, N.W. and Wildavsky, A. (2003) Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of
American Politics, 11th edn, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Pomper, Gerald M. (ed.) (2001) The Election of 2000, London: Chatham House.
Websites
Dave Leip’s Atlas of US Presidential Elections: http://www.uselectionatlas.org
Federal Election Commission: http://www.fec.gov
US House of Representatives, Election Information: http://clerk.house.gov/mem-
bers/electionInfo