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The power of the vote, electing presidents, overthrowing dictators, and promoting democracy around the world, Douglas E. Schoen

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The power of the vote, electing presidents, overthrowing dictators, and promoting democracy around the world, Douglas E. Schoen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-376) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The power of the vote

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

77520489

Responsibility statement

Douglas E. Schoen

Sub title

electing presidents, overthrowing dictators, and promoting democracy around the world

Table Of Contents

Part one:, birth of a pollster -- Canvassing, the Klan, and the plot to take over New York City -- Harvard, Ivy League radical chic, and the crisis of the Democratic Party -- The, invention of overnight polling, Ed Koch, and politics in the Big Easy -- Part two: going global -- Polling in the promised land -- Public opinion research and the fall of Slobodan Milos̆ević -- Broadband politics, ugly Americans, and politics in the shadow of the world's most dangerous state -- Part three: the big time -- New Democrats, inoculation, Bill Clinton, and Ma Bell -- The, stealth campaign and the resurrection of the Clinton presidency -- Jon Corzine, competitive liberalism, and the importance of messaging -- September 11, Mike Bloomberg, and the rise of the outsider -- Part four: an uncertain future -- The, power and possibilities of exit polls -- Pitfalls on the path to 2008

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