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Study Guide for Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process Fourth Edition

By L. Sandy Maisel and Kara Z. Buckley

Weekly Campaign Updates:
   October 26: The Ground War
   October 21: Meeting Expectations
   October 14: The Debates Are Over
   October 7: The Women's Vote in 2004
   September 29: The Other Races on the Ballot: The Senate
   September 22: Changing the Rules in the Middle of the Game
   September 17: BCRA's Unintended Consequences: The 527s Controversy
   September 8: Eight Weeks and Counting
   September 2: The Message from New York
   August 25: George Bush's Convention
   August 18: The Race for the House Is All but Over
   August 11: The Dog Days of August
   July 30: John Kerry's Convention
   July 14: Unusual Factors in the 2004 Presidential Campaign
   July 7: The Choice of John Edwards

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Contents:

1. Elections and Political Parties
2. American Political Parties and Party Organization
3. Voting and Other Forms of Political Participation
4. Organized Groups in the Political Process
5. Campaign Finance
6. State and Local Nominations
7. State and Local Elections
8. Presidential Nominations
9. Presidential Elections
10. The Media and the Electoral Process
11. The Party in Government
12. The Role of Political Parties at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century

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click on the chapter title.