America Votes 28
2007-2008, Election Returns by State
28th Edition
Published on 13. October 2009
Book
Hardback
552 pages
978-1-60426-534-7 (ISBN)
Description
Thorough, extensive in scope, and meticulously researched, America Votes includes official, state-certified election returns and key data by county and by district for the House, Senate, and gubernatorial elections for the 2007&BAD:ndash;2008 election cycle. This volume is an essential acquisition for university, school, public, and professional libraries. Updates to this edition include:The historic election of the first African American president of the United StatesThe defeat of Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens amid a felony conviction by Anchorage Mayor Mark BegichFinalized congressional results in the hotly contested states of Georgia, Minnesota, and other selected racesMajor state constitution amendment results including bans on gay marriage in California, Arizona, and Florida
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Edition
28th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60426-534-7 (9781604265347)
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01/2012
29th Edition
CQ Press
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Rhodes Cook | Alice McGillivray | Richard Scammon
America Votes 27
2005-2006, Election Returns by State
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08/2007
27th Edition
CQ Press
€311.98
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Rhodes Cook is a veteran Washington political analyst and writer, covering presidential and congressional elections as well as voting trends in general. For more than two decades, he was a political reporter on CQ's Weekly magazine. He currently hosts the political website rhodescook.com, publishes a bimonthly political newsletter, and since 1996 has been the author of "America Votes" and a series on U.S. primary elections.
Richard M. Scammon, who died in April 2001, was widely considered America's most prominent elections expert during a long career as a government official, adviser to presidents, and analyst of voting trends and developments. He served in the State Department, as Census Bureau director under President John F. Kennedy, as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Regulation and Voting Participation in 1963 and 1964, and as an international election observer. He established the Elections Research Center in Washington, D.C., for voting analysis and publication of the America Votes series.
Alice V. McGillivray was a longtime associate at the Elections Research Center and a coauthor of the America at the Polls series in the 1980s and later until her death in 1995.
Richard M. Scammon, who died in April 2001, was widely considered America's most prominent elections expert during a long career as a government official, adviser to presidents, and analyst of voting trends and developments. He served in the State Department, as Census Bureau director under President John F. Kennedy, as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Regulation and Voting Participation in 1963 and 1964, and as an international election observer. He established the Elections Research Center in Washington, D.C., for voting analysis and publication of the America Votes series.
Alice V. McGillivray was a longtime associate at the Elections Research Center and a coauthor of the America at the Polls series in the 1980s and later until her death in 1995.