electing presidents, overthrowing dictators, and promoting democracy around the world /
Douglas E. Schoen.
1st Harper pbk. ed.
New York :
Harper,
2008.
xx, 396 pages ;
21 cm
Originally published in 2007 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Birth of a pollster -- Canvassing, the Klan, and the plot to take over New York City -- Harvard, Ivy League radical chic, and the crisis of the Democratic Party -- The invention of overnight polling, Ed Koch, and politics in the Big Easy -- Going global -- Polling in the Promised Land -- Public opinion research and the fall of Slobodan Milos̆ević -- Broadband politics, ugly Americans, and politics in the shadow of the world's most dangerous state -- The big time -- New Democrats, inoculation, Bill Clinton, and Ma Bell -- The stealth campaign and the resurrection of the Clinton presidency -- Jon Corzine, competitive liberalism, and the importance of messaging -- September 11, Mike Bloomberg, and the rise of the outsider -- An uncertain future -- The power and possibilities of exit polls -- Pitfalls on the path to 2008.
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Power of the vote.
Schoen, Douglas E.,1953-
Schoen, Douglas E.,1953-
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Campaign management-- United States.
Political campaigns-- United States-- History.
Political consultants-- United States, Biography.
Presidents-- United States-- Election.
Campaign management.
Diplomatic relations.
Political campaigns.
Political consultants.
Politics and government.
Presidents-- Election.
United States, Foreign relations, 20th century.
United States, Foreign relations, 21st century.
United States, Politics and government, 20th century.
United States, Politics and government, 21st century.