Vital Statistics on American Politics 2009-2010

Updated with data from the 2008 presidential election, Vital Statistics on American Politics 2009-2010 offers researchers a vast amount of crucial data and insight into key political subjects. Along with this most recent information, the book provides a historical perspective, with tables and figures that include data from 1789 to the present. Vital Statistics on American Politics pulls together the most important information from a wide range of sources, including reference volumes, government reports, research institutes, political science journals, monographs, and polling organizations, among others.

Harold W. Stanley is the Geurin-Pettus Distinguished Chair in American Politics and Political Economy at Southern Methodist University. In 1979 he joined the University of Rochester Department of Political Science and served as its chair from 1996 to 1999. Stanley is an expert in American national politics and electoral change in the Sourth. His current research concerns presidential nominations, partisan change, and voting rights. Richard G. Niemi is the Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. He is the coauthor of many books, including Civic Education: What Makes Students Learn and Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot. Niemi has written numerous articles on political socialization, voting, and legislative districting. He is currently researching civic education, term limits, and voting.