Election 2008: Selecting our next President

 

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Bob Guldin -Editor - Choosing the President 2008: a Citizen's Guide to the Electoral Process
(324.63 Cho) The League of Women Voters published this excellent guide; it covers almost everything you need to know about the US electoral process: campaign finance, the media, primaries and caucuses, conventions, the Electoral College, and what to expect on Election Day.

Greenwillow Books - Declare Yourself: Speak, Connect, Act, Vote: More Than 50 Celebrated Americans Tell You Why
(323.042 Dee) Personal testimonies from actors, writers, and other famous Americans telling us why voting matters. Some recall their first time; others show how one vote matters. An inspirational plea that encourages everyone to vote, particularly ideal for first-time voters.

Foer, Franklin - Election 2008: a Voter's Guide
(324.973 Ele) This campaign guide provides an overview of the most popular candidates who ran for the 2008 general election. It dwells on the primaries and covers both biographical information and summaries of the issues raised during this election year.

Ross, Douthat & Salam, Reihan - Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream
(324.2734 Dou) Offers a blueprint for Republicans to build a majority in the post-post-Reagan era. Tackles issues such as immigration, health care, taxes, and cultural differences. It also recommends how the candidates and party can attract new members in the 21st century.

Shenkman, Richard - Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth about the American Voter
(320.973 Sh) This analyst poses important questions for all citizens: do voters vote irrationally? Do they vote based on issues? Do they rely on myths rather than reality? Does TV coverage add to voters’ ignorance? An important look at today’s voters, and what society can do to educate them.

Moore, Michael - Mike's Election Guide 2008
(324.973 Mo) Liberals and conservatives both may read this guide but for opposite reasons. The director of Fahrenheit 451 and Sicko gives his recommendations on the presidential candidates, and his opinions on important election issues. Tough, hard-hitting and zany.

Feld, Lowell & Wilcox, Nate - Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists is Changing American Politics
(323.042 Fel) An analysis of how netroots activism has radically changed elections from the 20th to the 21st centuries. It’s written by two experienced online-campaigners whose expertise shows how the Internet can be used as a tool by an active citizenry.

Hamm, Theodore - The New Blue Media
(302.23 Ham) This book examines how new media, fake news shows, blogs, and netbased organizations are changing how we find information about candidates and issues, and how we act with that information.

Lansford, Tom - Editor - The Presidential Election Process: Opposing Viewpoints Series
(324.6 Pre) This book provides a look at the U.S. electoral politics from both a liberal and a conservative bias. It addresses such important issues as whether we should set limits on campaign spending and how can we change the nomination process to select better candidates. It also questions whether the media report fairly on presidential campaigns, and whether the Electoral College should be changed.

Patterson, Thomas - The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty
(324.6 Pa) Why does the United States have such a low-turnout on election days? This author has researched what keeps people from taking part in the voting process. More importantly, he offers solutions that can help reach and involve this group of silent Americans.

Boyett, Joseph - Won't Get Fooled Again: a Voter's Guide to Seeing through the Lies, Getting Past the Propaganda and Chosing the Best Leaders
(324.6 Boy) This book offers techniques that show how to evaluate candidates for public office. It encourages using a values, reality, and facts-based process. The author advises voters to make their concerns known and to demand that our country’s needs assume more importance than political personalities and strategies.

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Movies and Media 

The Election Process in America
(324.973 Ele) Explains the Electoral College and how government officials are elected

Fahrenheit 9/11
(FAH) Through Footage, interviews, and declassified documents, Michael Moore examaines George W. Bush's Presidency.

The Green Bus v. The White House
(324.973 Gre) In a country that is evenly divided politcally, every vote counts -- and never more so than in the 2002 U.S. Senate race in Minnesota. In one of six closest contests that will dictate the majority in the Senate, incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone takes on Republican Norm Coleman.

Hacking Democracy
(324.5 Par) Takes a nonpartisan, clear-eyed look at the secrecy, cronyism, and incompetence of elections in present-day America to capture a citizens' movement intent on taking back elections and democracy itself.

How Democrats and Progressives Can Win
(320.513 Lak) Interviews, television news clips, and illustrative graphics present linguist George Lakoff's discussion of the critical role that language plays in the current political climate.

New Media, Religion, and Their Impact on Elections
(324.973 New) New Media is changing the face, pace, and language of the election - what does it mean? Bill Moyers gives perspective on the impact of Web-blogs, YouTube, and social networking - on the election with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Orwell Rolls in His Grave
(302.23 Orw) Analyzes the role of modern American media and its consequences upon democracy.

The Party's Over
(324.5 Par) Examines how the American political process addresses, and often fails to address, the country's most pressing issues. The film follows Philip Seymour Hoffman as a concerned citizen on an uncensored journey of politics in America.

Primary
(324.9 Pri) A political documentary of the 1960 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary campaigns in which Senator John F. Kennedy upset Senator Hubert H. Humphrey.

-- So Goes the Nation
(324.973 So) Examines America's electoral process through the eyes of diverse politicians, activists, and voters in Ohio during the 2004 election. Shows how the voting public is manipulated by the parties' leaders and their political marketing strategies.

Swing State Ohio: A Journey to the Heartland of a Divided Nation
(324.973 Swi) Examines America's electoral process through the eyes of diverse politicians, activists, and voters in Ohio during the 2004 election.

Unprecedented: the 2000 Presidential Election
(324.6 Unp) The riveting story about the battle for the presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America.

The War Room
(324.7 War) Documentary about the Clinton presidential campaign, from the New Hampshire primary to the victory party 10 months later.

Who Counts? Election Reform in America
(324.66 Who) This program centers around the presidential election of 2000 and is a storytelling hybrid that combines factual information with comedic elements.

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