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" Winning the White House, 2008 / "
Kevin J. McMahon ... [et al.]
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BL
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654039
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Winning the White House, 2008 /\ Kevin J. McMahon ... [et al.]
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New York, NY ;Basingstoke :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009
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xiv, 184 p. :: map ;; 25 cm
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9780230607682
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: 0230607683
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: 9780230619333
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: 0230619339
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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A campaign to remember / John Kenneth White -- It was the economy, mostly / Donald W. Beachler -- The foreign policy election that wasn't / John Kenneth White -- Searching for the social issue / Kevin J. McMahon -- The Northeast : blue, deep blue / Kevin J. McMahon -- The South : winking at Dixie / Donald W. Beachler -- The Midwest : middle America's margins / David M. Rankin -- The West : on the electoral frontier / David M. Rankin
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| Abstract
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What does it take to win the White House? Helping students understand how and why people vote for one candidate, this work discusses the dynamics of the primary campaigns and examines three broad sets of issues that play a key role in voting: foreign policy, domestic policies, and the culture wars
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Elections-- United States
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United States, Politics and government, 2001-
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JK526 2008.W558 2009x
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McMahon, Kevin J
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