Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy - What Everyone Needs to Know

The United States, through its local, state, and national contests, holds more elections, more often, than any other democracy in the world. But in recent years, there have been troubling signs that our system of campaigns and elections has become much more fragile and vulnerable. This new edition of Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone Needs to KnowRG offers the most up-to-date examination of campaigns, elections, and future threats to voting and democracy.

List of contents

• Preface to the Second Edition: Why You Need to Know About Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy


• Acknowledgments


• 1. Voting and Participation


• 2. Carving Out Legislative Districts


• 3. Political Parties and Elections


• 4. Statewide, Local, and Congressional Elections


• 5. Presidential Elections


• 6. The 2020 Presidential Election


• 7. The Big Lie and its Aftermath


• 8. Money, Mega-Donors, and Wide-Open Spending


• 9. Inner Workings of Modern Campaigns


• 10. Direct Democracy--Ballot Campaigns


• 11. How Campaigns Have Changed


• 12. Threats to Democracy


• Notes


• Further Reading


• Index

About the author

Dennis W. Johnson is Professor Emeritus and former Associate Dean at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. He is also one of the country's foremost experts on campaigns and political consultants, and has written widely on campaigns and elections. Previously, Johnson spent a decade as a political consultant and served as a chief of staff for a member of Congress. He is the author of Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis W. Johnson, Dennis W. (Professor Emeritus and Former Johnson, Johnson Dennis W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2023
• EAN: 9780197641989
• ISBN: 978-0-19-764198-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, Politics and government, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage