02819oam 22006011 450 991045215660332120220114041444.01-281-16287-60-19-971968-31-4356-0956-5(CKB)1000000000479854(EBL)415073(OCoLC)437092152(SSID)ssj0000102324(PQKBManifestationID)11113746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102324(PQKBWorkID)10050427(PQKB)11038156(MiAaPQ)EBC415073(Au-PeEL)EBL415073(CaPaEBR)ebr10194778(CaONFJC)MIL116287(EXLCZ)99100000000047985420070117d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentstirdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican political parties and elections a very short introduction /L. Sandy MaiselNew York :Oxford University Press,c2007.1 online resource (192 pages)Very short introductions ;169Description based upon print version of record.0-19-530122-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.The context of American elections and political parties -- A brief history of American political parties -- Party organizations : what do they look like? what do they do? -- Who are Republicans? who are Democrats? who are the "others"? -- Presidential elections : nominating campaigns and general elections -- Subnational nominations and elections -- Far from the perfect democracy.Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a country where only two parties have a true chance of winning, despite the fact that a large number of citizens claim allegiance to neither and think badly of both. Or perhaps it is because in the U.S. camVery short introductions ;169.ElectionsUnited StatesPolitical partiesUnited StatesElectronic books.ElectionsPolitical parties324.973Maisel Louis Sandy1945-14326MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910452156603321American political parties and elections1989516UNINA