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Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Language
English
Description
Americans have fought and died for the right to vote. Yet the world's oldest continuously operating democracy guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. In this rousing work, the bestselling author of The Case for Impeachment calls attention to the founders' crucial error: leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states.For most of US history, America's political leaders have considered suffrage not a...
5) Pacmen
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Description
PACMEN is the first film to document the inside workings of a Super-PAC, taking us behind the scenes to answer one of the lingering questions of America’s strangest election…why did Ben Carson run for president? This observational documentary follows the men behind the Super-PACs that drafted Dr Carson to run.
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Language
Español
Description
¿Podría mi vida ser más complicada de lo que ya es? Mi amigo Peter se postula para presidente de la clase y yo me ofrecí voluntariamente para ser su jefa de campaña. Pensé que solo se trataría de hacer carteles interesantes y coloridos, pero resulta ser un trabajo difícil. Los oponentes de Peter juegan sucio y Peter se resiste a ganar con esa técnica. Yo tengo que: 1. Hacer muchos carteles para Peter (¡muchísimos!) ; 2. Cuidar a Nick, mi...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Description
"Introduces early readers to the concept and practice of voting--with a focus on the American presidency. Learn the basic principles of democracy, how political parties are formed, why Election Day is held in early November, and much, much more"--Amazon.com.
8) The Vote
Language
English
Formats
Description
One hundred years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, it tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in US history.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Language
English
Description
Nolan is the highly skilled punter of his school team, but he is less sure about taking over another position when their quarterback goes down--especially since he is also running for class president, and his competition for election is Tony, a linebacker on the team who is constantly belittling punters.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
Description
What can 1868 teach us about 2020? Going to the Devil: The Impeachment of 1868, the first-time-ever original narrative documentary from The Great Courses, is a unique retelling of the turbulent events leading up to and through the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. With back-stabbings, acts of violence, and a cult of personalities, experience the history of this case unfolding like fiction.
11) PACmen
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Language
English
Description
An unprecedented look at the men behind the Super-PACs that persuaded Dr. Ben Carson to run for President and their efforts to catapult him to the top of the polls. Official Selection at the **Hot Docs Festival**. Nominated for the Documentary Foundation Australia Award at the **Sydney Film Festival.** *"A depressing portrait of a political system that has gone hopelessly off the rails...essential viewing for anyone seeking to understand the reasons...
12) One Vote
Publisher
Cargo Film & Releasing
Language
English
Description
ONE VOTE is a small film about a big topic: American democracy. At a moment of unprecedented cynicism about the political process, ONE VOTE bears hopeful witness to the humanity and rich diversity of American voters, and to the unsung stories that comprise our exercise of democracy. It is an inspiring film that follows five diverse Americans on election day. At times funny, surprising and heart-wrenching, the film eschews partisan politics in favor...
Publisher
Zooscope Productions
Language
English
Description
After campaigning door to door for the democratic socialist Senator Bernie Sanders in New York City, two ardent Bernie supporters go to Philadelphia to protest Hillary Clinton’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention, furious in their knowledge that her nomination could lead to a Donald Trump presidency. A political documentary that chronicles the grassroots social justice movement that supported Bernie in 2016 and how it could shape the...
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Edition
First paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Vampirina is excited to run for Class President! She has all kinds of event ideas like a Haunted House fundraiser and a Poltergeist Pizza night. But can she scare up enough votes to win?"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 6
Language
English
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Description
Election day is right around the corner, and guess who's running for class president? A.J. and Andrea! Mayor Hubble is going to teach the kids all the ins and outs of politics, and every vote counts. Who's going to win? Who's going to lose? And who's going to kiss a baby? Ew, gross!
17) The Candidates
Publisher
Video Project
Language
English
Description
Since 1996, the student body of Townsend Harris High School has been staging the longest running civics experiment in the form of simulating the American electoral process against the backdrop of the real one. In these elaborate mock elections that span an entire semester, candidates must run the whole gamut of an election Grand simulation replete with fake money, media pundits, campaign ads, debates, electioneering, super PACs, and candidates' spouses....
18) Dark Money
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed documentary examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana -a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide - to follow a local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Short-Listed for Best Documentary Feature at the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Language
English
Description
"Yes! It's almost here. And the big question is: Who will be our next president? Will our leader be a he or a she? A young citizen gives her take on politics and Election Day in this charming story, told in the style of Clement C. Moore's holiday poem."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 145
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Description
"Cousin Alice is running for mayor, and the Boxcar Children must find out which of her opponents is using sneaky tricks to win the race!"--Provided by publisher.
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