Conventional Wisdom and American Elections

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  Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

  By Peter L. Francia, Jody C. Baumgartner

  For an excellent review of voter fraud in the 1800s, see Peter H. Argersinger, “New Perspectives on Election Fraud in the Gilded Age,” Political Science Quarterly 100 (Winter 1985–1986): 669–87.

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  Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

  By Peter L. Francia, Jody C. Baumgartner

  ... H. Argersinger, “New Perspectives on Election Fraud in the Gilded Age,” Political Science Quarterly 100 (Winter 1985–1986): 669–87. 36. McDonald and Popkin, “The Myth of the Vanishing Voter,” 964. 37. Jerrold G. Rusk, “The Effect of ...

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  Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

  By Peter L. Francia, Jody C. Baumgartner

  List of illustrations --Preface --pt. 1.

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  Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths and Misconceptions

  By Peter L. Francia, Jody C. Baumgartner

  Conventional Wisdom and American Elections debunks some of the more common misunderstandings that have arisen about the electoral process in the past few decades.

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  Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

  By Peter L. Francia, Jody C. Baumgartner

  List of illustrations --Preface --pt. 1. Voters --1. Thebig year for the youth vote : myth and reality --2. The"America divided" myth : red states, blue states, and other gaps...