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Ballot battles : the history of disputed elections in the United States / Edward B. Foley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foley, Edward B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections--Corrupt practices--United States--History.
- Elections.
- Election monitoring--United States--History.
- Election monitoring.
- Political corruption--United States--History.
- Political corruption.
- History.
- Elections--Corrupt practices.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "The 2000 presidential election, with its problems in Florida, was not the first major vote-counting controversy in the nation's history--nor the last. Ballot Battles traces the evolution of America's experience with these disputes, from 1776 to now, explaining why they have proved persistently troublesome and offering an institutional solution"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The Missing Institution of Impartiality
- Introduction: Understanding the Past for the Sake of the Future
- Uncertain Vote-Counting in the Founding Era
- The Novelty of Chief Executive Elections
- The Entrenchment of Two-Party Competition
- Counting Votes at Times of Crisis
- Hayes v. Tilden: To the Edge of the Constitutional Cliff
- The Gilded Age: An Era of Hypercompetitive Elections
- The Progressive Era: Missed Opportunities at a Time of Reform
- America in the Middle of its Century: A Tarnished Ideal
- The Sixties and Their Legacy: The Rise of Democratic Expectations
- The Eighties and Nineties: Reemergence of Intensified Partisanship
- Florida 2000: Avoiding a Return to the Constitutional Brink
- After Bush v. Gore: Reinvigorated Demand for Electoral Fairness
- Conclusion: The Enduring Quest for a Fair Count.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780190235277
- 0190235276
- OCLC:
- 920551583
- Publisher Number:
- 99965670938
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