elections

Provides a short history of Democracy, explains the process by which presidential campaigns are conducted, and discusses why citizens should exercise their right to vote.

Mrs. Green has organized a class election and instructed everyone to run for something, but Hubey finds himself running for president against Doris, who has bought out the entire class with ice cream.

Sixteen-year-old Ernesto feels conflicted when his friend Carmen announces that her father is going to run for city council against incumbent Monte Esposito, a relative of the girl who Ernesto is in love with, and decides to keep quiet about the election, even though he feels that Esposito is not serving the community as well as Carmen's father would.

On Becky's first day at a new school, she finds that she has a chance to run for class president, but her classmates' campaign promises are a little intimidating.

"What is the Electoral College, and do the American people really need it? Should the popular vote determine the winnerin any given presidential election? This anthology examines the origin and purpose of the Electoral College and offers balanced arguments for and against its use in the general election process. Readers will see how the Electoral Collegeand popular vote can function harmoniously together, as wellas examples supporting the viewpoint that the system has broken down and doesn't reflect the popular will"--OCLC.

Readers are exposed to the different points of view about this hot-button topic, and they learn to develop their own viewpoint about the democratic process and to back it up with relevant facts.

Clover O'Reilly, who struggles to be heard in her large family, and comedy magician Mike the Unusual, who only feels confident onstage, compete to become Poplar Middle School's seventh-grade class president.

Describes the election process from start to finish, as well as the skills and qualifications needed by a successful candidate for office.

Contains over two hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on various aspects of the electoral process in the U.S., covering such topics as elections, campaigns, major and minor political parties, the roles of the media and special interest groups, and related historical events.