A Level Politics eBook - Representative Processes in the USA - US Elections

This superb new eBook by Andrew Ellams, available now from tutor2u, provides comprehensive coverage of the key exam topics on US`elections. Details of the content is provided further below.

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Key topics covered in the US Elections eBook are:

INTRODUCTION
Constitutional aspects of elections
The extension of the franchise

PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PROCESSES
The ‘Invisible Primary’
A history of candidate selection
The history of primaries
Caucuses
The 2008 primary season and ‘frontloading’
Are Iowa and New Hampshire important?
The Republican primary season 2008
The Democratic primary season 2008
The National Convention

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
The Electoral College system
The 2008 General Election campaign
The 2008 results
The demographic breakdown of voting in 2008
Why did Obama win?
Electoral turnout
Campaign Finance Reform
Campaign Finance in 2008
Why has it been difficult to control campaign finance

CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
Nomination processes
General elections and incumbency advantage
Redistricting
Mid-term elections
Presidential year congressional elections
The 2008 congressional elections
Reapportionment in 2012
Gubernatorial elections
Direct democracy in the states