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Politics for dummies / Ann M. DeLaney.

By: Series: --For dummiesPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xiv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119652953
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 320 D37 2020
Contents:
Introduction 1 Part 1: Politics and You 7 Chapter 1: It’s Politics, Baby! 9 Chapter 2: The Money-versus-Vote Analysis 19 Part 2: Making Your Voice Heard 29 Chapter 3: Be a Part of the Solution — Vote! 31 Chapter 4: Contributing Your Time or Money 43 Chapter 5: Telling Politicians What’s on Your Mind 55 Part 3: Politics is a Team Sport 67 Chapter 6: Partying with Politics 69 Chapter 7: Taking Sides 91 Chapter 8: Joining a Special Interest Group 103 Chapter 9: Getting Political Online 121 Part 4: It’s All Marketing 131 Chapter 10: Harry Handler Meets Carly Candidate 133 Chapter 11: Selling the Candidates, Warts and All 149 Chapter 12: Truth in Advertising 163 Chapter 13: Casting That Vote! 181 Part 5: Let the Campaigns Begin 189 Chapter 14: Who Says Talk Is Cheap? (Where Your Contribution Goes) 191 Chapter 15: For Whom the Campaign Polls 205 Chapter 16: Dodging the Issues: What You Can Do 215 Chapter 17: Campaigning for Your Vote 225 Chapter 18: Negative Campaigning: The Dark Side of Politics 235 Chapter 19: The Money Thing: Is Reform Possible? 253 Part 6: Presidential Politics 263 Chapter 20: Throwing Their Hats in the Ring 265 Chapter 21: Getting the Party Started: National Party Conventions 277 Chapter 22: The Electoral College and the 2000 and 2016 Presidential Elections 285 Chapter 23: Filling Some Really Big Shoes: Electing a President 295 Part 7: The Part of Tens 311 Chapter 24: The Ten Commandments of Modern Politics 313 Chapter 25: Ten Things to Teach Your Children About Politics 317 Chapter 26: Ten Common Political Mistakes 323 Chapter 27: Ten (or so) Quotable Quotes 327 Appendix: State ID Voting Requirements 331 Index 353
Politics and you Making your voice heard Politics is a team sport It's all marketing Let the campaigns begin Presidential politics The part of tens
Summary: Politics For Dummies has everything you need to understand local, state, and national politics; how to communicate with your elected officials; and what your representatives can do for you.
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Includes index

Introduction 1 Part 1: Politics and You 7 Chapter 1: It’s Politics, Baby! 9 Chapter 2: The Money-versus-Vote Analysis 19 Part 2: Making Your Voice Heard 29 Chapter 3: Be a Part of the Solution — Vote! 31 Chapter 4: Contributing Your Time or Money 43 Chapter 5: Telling Politicians What’s on Your Mind 55 Part 3: Politics is a Team Sport 67 Chapter 6: Partying with Politics 69 Chapter 7: Taking Sides 91 Chapter 8: Joining a Special Interest Group 103 Chapter 9: Getting Political Online 121 Part 4: It’s All Marketing 131 Chapter 10: Harry Handler Meets Carly Candidate 133 Chapter 11: Selling the Candidates, Warts and All 149 Chapter 12: Truth in Advertising 163 Chapter 13: Casting That Vote! 181 Part 5: Let the Campaigns Begin 189 Chapter 14: Who Says Talk Is Cheap? (Where Your Contribution Goes) 191 Chapter 15: For Whom the Campaign Polls 205 Chapter 16: Dodging the Issues: What You Can Do 215 Chapter 17: Campaigning for Your Vote 225 Chapter 18: Negative Campaigning: The Dark Side of Politics 235 Chapter 19: The Money Thing: Is Reform Possible? 253 Part 6: Presidential Politics 263 Chapter 20: Throwing Their Hats in the Ring 265 Chapter 21: Getting the Party Started: National Party Conventions 277 Chapter 22: The Electoral College and the 2000 and 2016 Presidential Elections 285 Chapter 23: Filling Some Really Big Shoes: Electing a President 295 Part 7: The Part of Tens 311 Chapter 24: The Ten Commandments of Modern Politics 313 Chapter 25: Ten Things to Teach Your Children About Politics 317 Chapter 26: Ten Common Political Mistakes 323 Chapter 27: Ten (or so) Quotable Quotes 327 Appendix: State ID Voting Requirements 331 Index 353

Politics and you
Making your voice heard
Politics is a team sport
It's all marketing
Let the campaigns begin
Presidential politics
The part of tens

Politics For Dummies has everything you need to understand local, state, and national politics; how to communicate with your elected officials; and what your representatives can do for you.

CAS Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

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