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Get in the Booth! : A Citizen's Guide to the 2004 Election

ISBN: 9780321262134 | 0321262131

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005

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Summary Table of Contents

During what promises to be one of the closest and most closely watched elections in the history of the United States, Larry J. Sabato and a team of leading journalists and scholars examine the issues, events, and environment of the 2004 presidential race. Brimming with unique insights and trenchant analyses, Get in the Booth! offers readers chapterswith continuing website updates throughout the election seasonby Larry J. Sabato (The Center for Politics, University of Virginia), Howard Mortman (Hardball with Chris Matthews), Susan Page (USA Toda... MOREy), Carl Cameron (Fox News), James Kitfield (National Journal), Steve Liesman (CNBC), Christopher Conover (Duke University), Rick Hess and Andrew Kelly (American Enterprise Institute and Education Next), Robert Brown (Emory University), and Mark Jurkowitz (The Boston Globe).Larry J. Sabato is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics and Director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. He is the author of numerous books including Feeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics; Peepshow: Media and Politics in an Age of Scandal; and Overtime! The Election 2000 Thriller.

Larry Sabato provides an up-to-date analyses of the key issues driving the 2004 presidential election. Covers issues that will dominate the 2004 election. Offers students practical and motivational guidance on the importance of voting and getting involved. Includes original chapters by Larry Sabato and some foremost journalists and scholars. Free access code to InTheBooth2004.com Free when bundled with Longman textbook. During what promises to be one of the closest and most closely watched elections in the history of the United States, Larry J. Sabato and a team of leading journalists and scholars examine the issues, events, and enviornment of the 2004 presidential race. Brimming with unique insights and trenchant analyses, Get in the Booth! offers readers chapters- with continuing website updates throughout the election season- by Larry J. Sabato (Center for Governmental Studies at the University of Virginia), Howard Mortman (Hardball with Chris Matthews), Susan Page ( USA Today ), Carl Cameron (Fox News), James Kitfield ( National Journal ), Steve Liseman (CNBC), Christopher Conover (Duke University), Rick Hess and Andrew Kelly (American Enterprise Institute and Education Next), Robert Brown (Emory University), and Mark Jurkowitz ( The Boston Globe ). Larry J. Sabato is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs and Director of the Center for Governmental Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the author of numerous books including Feeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics; Peepshow: Media and Politics in an Age of Scandal; and Overtime! The Election 2000 Thriller.

Preface

vii

Introduction The Importance of Voting

(6)

Howard Mortman

Chris Matthews

The R... MORE

(20)

Larry J. Sabato

Shedding Light on the Invisible Primary

(22)

Marjorie Randon Hershey

John Kerry and the Direction of the Democratic Party

(8)

Susan Page

The Accidental President Governs: Four Years of Crisis without the Popular Vote

(8)

Carl Cameron

Bush vs. Kerry: The Battle Over Foreign Policy

(8)

James Kitfield

Pocketbook Politics

(10)

Steve Liesman

Health Care: The Big Unknown

(14)

Christopher Conover

Education and the 2004 Presidential Election

(10)

Rick Hess

Andrew Kelly

Minority Politics in the 2004 Presidential Election

107

(12)

Robert Brown

The Citizen's Guide to Media Coverage in the Election of 2004

119

(8)

Mark Jurkowitz

Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines: Your Guide to the 2004 Senate, House, & Governor Races

127

(10)

Larry J. Sabato

Appendices

137

(1)

Electoral Vote Count for States, 2000 and 2004

138

(2)

State Voter Registration Deadlines

140

(2)

Breakdown of Democratic Primary Results State by State

142

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