Vital Statistics On The Presidency

Looking beyond the individual office holders to the office itself, this Fourth Edition of Vital Statistics on the Presidency covers George Washington’s tenure through the 2012 election. The book’s expansive view of the presidency allows readers to recognize major themes across administrations and to reach overall conclusions about the nature of the institution and its future. The illuminating data is put into context by thoughtful essays explaining key statistical patterns, making this edition an intriguing and comprehensive reference to important patterns throughout the history of the presidency.

Provides a comprehensive statistical description of the American presidency, with ten essays and some 150 tables and graphs identifying key statistical patterns about the presidency as an institution, concentrating on the modern era. Includes information on personal backgrounds and political experience of presidents, campaign lengths and media coverage, elections, public activities, staffing, decision making, and the relationship between the presidency and other institutions of government. Useful for researchers and students. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This book covers George Washington's tenure through the 2012 election and recognizes major themes across administrations to reach overall conclusions about the nature of the institution and its future. The data is put into context by essays explaining key statistical patterns, making this a comprehensive reference to important patterns throughout the history of the presidency.

Looking beyond the individual office holders to the office itself, Vital Statistics on the Presidency covers George Washingtons tenure through the 2008 primary season. The books expansive view of the presidency allows readers to recognize major themes across administrations, and reach overall conclusions about the nature of the institution and its future. The illuminating data is put into context by thoughtful essays explaining key statistical patterns, making this third edition an intriguing and comprehensive reference to important patterns throughout the history of the presidency.

Looking beyond the individual office holders to the office itself, this Fourth Edition of Vital Statistics on the Presidency covers George Washington's tenure through the 2012 election. The book's expansive view of the presidency allows readers to recognize major themes across administrations and to reach overall conclusions about the nature of the institution and its future.

There is no other source that provides in one place the wide range and depth of insight found in Vital Statistics on American Politics (VSAP), published since 1988. VSAP provides historical and statistical information on all aspects of American politics: Political parties Voter turnout Public opinion Campaign finance Media perspective and influence, congressional membership and voting patterns The presidency and executive branch Military policy and spending Supreme Court and federal court make-up and caseloads Foreign, social, and economic policy In over 230 tables and figures, students and professional researchers will find chapters devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the three branches of U.S. government, foreign, military, social and economic policy, and much more. This book provides a vivid and multifaceted portrait of the broad spectrum of United States politics and policies. Along with updated and new data content, this edition offers brand new data literacy lessons that take a "guide on the side" approach to teach data researchers how to wade through the sea of data and do the difficult work of grappling for the meaning of the data on their own. Lessons include understanding descriptive representation data, comparing data over time, noticing gaps in data, unpacking dichotomies of public opinion, and more.

This resource of data presents more than 200 tables and charts covering the spectrum of American politics. The 2001-2002 edition contains information on the 2000 elections, legislative term limits, the national debt and more. The edition is available on the Web with your purchase of the book.