Elections over four hours though rare are possible. Consult:
Explore rare cases of elections lasting over four hours with our curated list of expert books. Consult authoritative resources to understand these uncommon electoral events.
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
by Greg Palast
An investigative journalist provides an expose of intrigue, financial misdeeds, and other machinations at the highest level of American politics.
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The Selling of the President
by Joe McGinniss
What makes you cast your ballot? A Presidential candidate or a good campaign? How he stands on the issues or how he stands up to the camera? The Selling of the President is the enduring story of the 1968 campaign that wrote the script for modern Presidential politicking—and how that script came to be. It introduces: Harry Treleaven, the first adman to suggest that issues bore voters, that image is what counts Roger Ailes, a PR man who coordinated the TV presentations that delivered the product Frank Shakespeare, the man behind the whole campaign, who, after eighteen years at CBS, cast the image that sold America a President And the candidate, Richard Nixon himself—a politician running on television for the highest office in the land In his introduction, Joe McGinniss discusses why—unfortunately—his classic book is as pertinent today to understanding our political culture as it was the year it was published.
