Party Ballots, Reform, and the Transformation of America's Electoral System

ISBN-13: 9781107686786 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 246 str.

Erik J. Engstrom; Samuel Kernell

Opis

This book demonstrates that nineteenth-century electoral politics were the product of institutions that prescribed how votes were cast and were converted into political offices.

Recenzje

'Party Ballots, Reform, and the Transformation of America's Electoral System is an impressive piece of research that will have long-lasting significance for the study of parties and elections in the United States.' Perspectives in Politics

Spis treści

1. An era in need of explanation; 2. The puzzle of responsive elections; 3. National forces in presidential elections; 4. House of Representatives elections; 5. Senate indirect and direct elections; 6. State legislative elections; 7. Gubernatorial elections; 8. Dismantling the party-ticket system; Appendix: states as bundles of electoral laws, 1840–1940.