Bøker av Jody C. Baumgartner

Conventional Wisdom and American Elections debunks some of the more common misunderstandings that have arisen about the electoral process in the past few decades. Topics include campaign finance, political participation and voting, and the roles played by campaigns, negative campaigning, political parties, and the media in the electoral process.

Since 1960 the office of the vice presidency of the United States has evolved into a fundamentally different institution than the one the founders envisioned, attracting better-qualified aspirants who may be called upon to perform a variety of important tasks.

A comparative analysis of the presidential selection process in the United States, Russia, and France. The author seeks to clarify what is meant by "candidate-centered" as it applies to the organization and operation of presidential campaigns and elections.