Elections A to Z / updated by Deborah Kalb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalb, Deborah, author.

Contributor:

Kalb, Deborah, editor.

Series:

CQ's American government A to Z series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--United States--History.

Elections.

Political conventions--United States--History.

Political conventions.

Political parties--United States--History.

Political parties.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 902 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage Reference, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Elections A to Z explains how campaigns and elections, the hallmark of any democracy, are conducted in the United States. Comprehensive in its coverage, this essential student reference includes entries ranging from short definitions of terms such as "front-runner" to in-depth essays exploring vital issues affecting House, Senate, presidential, and some state-level elections

Contents:

Absentee voting

Absolute majority

American Independent Party (1968-) and American Party (1972-)

Anti-Federalists (1789-1796)

Anti-Masonic Paryty (1832-1836)

Asian American and Pacific Islander candidates

Asian American and Pacific Islander voters

At-large

Ballot access

Ballot types

Bandwagon effect

Bellwether

Bicameral

Bilingual voters

Black candidates

Black voters

Blue dog Democrats

Border states

Brokered convention

Bundling

Campaign buttons

Campaign finance

Campaign slogans

Campaign strategies

Campaign, Basic stages of

Campaigning

Candidate-centered campaigns

Canvassing Board

Caucus

Census

Citizens Party (1979-1984)

Citizenship and voting

Coalition

Coattails

Communist Party U.S.A. (1924-)

Congressional District

Congressional elections

Constituency

Constitution Party (U.S. Taxpayers Party) (1992-)

Constitutional Union Party (1860)

Contested elections

Crossover voting

Cumulative voting

Dark horse

Debates

Delegates

Democracy

Democratic Leadership Council

Democratic National Committee

Democratic Party (1832-)

Democratic socialists

Democratic -Republican Party (1796-1828)

Direct election

Disenfranchisement

District of Columbia

Districts, wards, and precints

Election cycle

Election day

Election fraud

Election violence

Electoral anomalies

Electoral behavior

Electoral College and votes

Equal time and rebuttal rules

Exit polls

Favorite son

Federal Election Commission

Federal Workers' political activity

Federalist Party (1789-1816)

Forecasting election results

Foreign interference in elections

Franchise

Free Soil Party (1848-1852)

Freeholder

Front-loading

Front-runner

Fusionism

Gerrymander

Get out the vote

Governor

Grandfather clause

Green Party (1996-)

Greenback Party (1876-1884)

Hard money

Help America Vote Act of 2002

House of Representatives, Electing

House of Representatives, Qualifications

Ideology

Impeachment

Incumbency

Independent

Initiatives and referendums

Interest group

Iowa caucus

Issue voting

Judicial system

Know Nothing (American) Party (1856)

Lame duck

Landslide

LaRouche Movement (U.S. Labor Party, 1973-)

Latino candidates

Latino voters

LGBTQ candidates

LGBTQ voters

Liberal Republic Party (1872)

Libertarian Party (1971-)

Liberty Party (1839-1848)

Lieutenant governor

Literacy tests

Mandate

Media coverage of campaigns

Media use by campaigns

Mid-decade redistricting

Midterm election

Minority-majority district

Misinformation campaigns

Motor Voter Act

Multimember districts

National Democratic Party (1896)

National election studies

National party conventions

National Republic Party (1828-1832)

National Unity Party (1980-1988)

Native American candidates

Native American voters

Natural Law Party (1992-2004)

Nature of representation

Negative campaigning

New Hampshire primary

One person, One vote

Party endorsement of candidates

Party identification by voters

Peace and Freedom Party (1967-)

People's Party (1970s)

Platform

Plurality

Pocketbook voting

Poltiical action committees

Political advertising

Political consultants

Political culture in America

Political party development

Political radicalization

Political socialization of the public

Poll taxes

Polling

Popular vote

Populism

Populist (People's) Party (1891-1908, 1984-)

Postconvention bounce

President, Nominating and electing

President, qualifications

President draft

Presidential elections chronology

Presidential primaries

Presidential selection reforms

Primary types

Progressive Party (1924)

Progressive Party (1948)

Progressive Party-Bull Moose (1912)

Prohibition Party (1869-)

Proportional representation

Public financing of campaigns

Public opinion

Push poll

Racial redistricting

Ranked-choice voting

Realignments and dealignments

Reapportionment and redistricting

Recall

Recount

Reform Party (1995-)

Republic government

Republican Main Street partnership

Republican National Committee

Republican Party (1854-)

Retrospective voting

Right to vote

Running mate

Runoff and preference primary

Scandals

Second midterm elections ("The six-year itch")

Senate, Electing

Senate, Qualifications

Single-issue voting

Single-member districts

Social media and elections

Socialist Labor Party (1874-)

Socialist Party (1901-)

Socialist Workers Party (1938-)

Soft money

Sore loser laws

Southern Democrats (1860)

Special elections

Split-ticket and straight-ticket voting

State and federal election responsibilities

State legislatures

States' Rights Democratic Party (1948)

Straw vote

Super Tuesday

Superdelegate

Supreme Court and campaign finance

Supreme Court and political speech

Supreme Court and reapportionment and redistricting

Supreme Court and recounts

Supreme Court and the Electoral College

Supreme Court and and voter registration

Supreme Court and and voting rights

Term limits

third parties

Threshold rules

Two-party system

Two-thirds rule

Unicameral

Union Party (1936)

Unit rule

United We Stand America (1992-1995)

Vice President

Voter apathy

Voter identification

Voter registration

Voter turnout

Voting age

Voting machines

Voting Rights Act

Watershed elections

Whig Party (1834-1856)

Whistle Stop

Winner take all

women candidates

Women voters

Workers World Party (1959-)

Write-in vote

Youth voters.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781071853658

1071853651

9781071853672

1071853678

9781071853689

1071853686

OCLC:

1372503097