TY  - GEN
T1  - Party ballots, reform, and the transformation of America's electoral system
A1  - Engstrom, Erik J.
A2  - Kernell, Samuel, 1945-
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge ; New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2014
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn894226958
AB  - "This book explores the fascinating and puzzling world of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American elections. It examines the strategic behavior of nineteenth-century party politicians and shows how their search for electoral victory led them to invent a number of remarkable campaign practices. Why were parties dedicated to massive voter mobilization? Why did presidential nominees wage front-porch campaigns? Why did officeholders across the country tie their electoral fortunes to the popularity of presidential candidates at the top of the ticket? Erik J. Engstrom and Samuel Kernell demonstrate that the defining features of nineteenth-century electoral politics were the product of institutions in the states that prescribed how votes were cast and how those votes were converted into political offices. Relying on a century's worth of original data, this book uncovers the forces propelling the nineteenth-century electoral system, its transformation at the end of the nineteenth century, and the implications of that transformation for modern American politics"--
CN  - JK1967 .E64 2014eb
SN  - 9781316166727
SN  - 1316166724
SN  - 9781107279452
SN  - 1107279453
SN  - 9781107686786
SN  - 1107686784
SN  - 9781107050396
SN  - 1107050391
KW  - Elections : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - Political campaigns : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - Voting : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - Political parties : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - United States : Politics and government : 19th century.
KW  - Vote : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - États-Unis : Politique et gouvernement : 19e siècle.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : General.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Process : Elections.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Process : General.
KW  - Elections
KW  - Political campaigns
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Voting
KW  - United States
KW  - 1800-1899
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - History
ER  -