Voting in America: A Reference Handbook

A thorough examination of the people, forces, and events that have shaped the right, opportunity, and value of the vote in America from 1715 to the present.

Robert E. DiClerico is an Eberly Distinguished Professor of Political Science at West Virginia University, where he specializes in the American presidency and political parties and elections.

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

1 A History of Voting Rights in America 1

The Quest for the Right to Vote,

1

(34)

The Colonial Period,

1

(4)

The 1787 Constitutional Convention,

5

(3)

Forces for Expansion,

8

(3)

Suffrage for African Americans: Granted and Taken Away,

11

(3)

Tightening Voting Procedures in the North,

14

(3)

Women and Native Americans,

17

(5)

Unfinished Business: Blacks, the Young, and the Mobile,

22

(6)

The Weight of a Vote: Reapportionment and Redistricting,

28

(3)

Making Voting Easier,

31

(2)

Election 2000: Making Votes Count,

33

(2)

The Opportunities to Vote,

35

(11)

The Vote for President,

35

(1)

Direct Election of U.S. Senators,

36

(2)

Choosing Our Choices,

38

(3)

Initiative, Referendum, and Recall,

41

(3)

Term Limits,

44

(2)

Conclusion,

46

(5)

References,

47

(2)

Cases Cited,

49

(2)

2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions

51

(34)

Two-Party Monopoly,

51

(5)

Primaries, Caucuses, and the Problem of Frontloading,

56

(5)

Money and Elections,

61

(3)

Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections,

64

(5)

The Electoral College,

69

(4)

Direct Legislation: Initiatives and Referenda,

73

(4)

Conclusion,

77

(58)

References,

78

(5)

Cases Cited,

83

(2)

3 Chronology

85

(50)

4 Biographical Sketches

135

(32)

Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906),

135

(3)

Joseph Little Bristow (1861-1944),

138

(3)

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947),

141

(2)

Richard Henry Dana III (1851-1931),

143

(2)

Curtis B. Gans (1937- ),

145

(1)

Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973),

145

(3)

Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925),

148

(2)

Robert Parris Moses (1935- ),

150

(3)

Alice Paul (1885-1977),

153

(1)

Frances Fox Piven (1931- ) and Richard A. Cloward (1931-2001),

154

(2)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902),

156

(3)

William Simon U'Ren (1859-1949),

159

(2)

Earl Warren (1891-1974),

161

(2)

Fred Wertheimer (1939- ),

163

(1)

References,

164

(1)

Cases Cited,

165

(2)

5 Data and Quotations

167

(50)

Survey Data,

167

(30)

The Right to Vote,

167

(5)

Presidential Nominating Process,

172

(5)

Voter Registration,

177

(5)

Voting, Not Voting,

182

(6)

Casting and Counting the Votes,

188

(2)

Election Outcomes and the Electoral College,

190

(5)

Term Limits,

195

(2)

Quotations,

197

(40)

Importance of the Vote,

197

(1)

The Right to Vote,

198

(4)

Voting Systems,

202

(1)

Presidential Nominating Process,

203

(2)

Money in Elections,

205

(1)

Term Limits,

206

(2)

Redistricting,

208

(1)

Nonvoting,

209

(1)

The Electoral College,

210

(3)

Ballot-Counting,

213

(1)

Direct Democracy (Initiative, Referendum, Recall),

213

(1)

References,

214

(3)

6 Organizations, Associations, and Governmental Agencies

217

(20)

7 Print and Nonprint Resources

237

(46)

Print Resources,

238

(35)

The Right to Vote,

238

(9)

The Value of the Vote,

247

(23)

Ballots and Voting Systems,

247

(6)

Nominating Process,

253

(2)

Redistricting, Reapportionment,

255

(3)

The Initiative, Referendum, and Recall,

258

(3)

Term Limitations,

261

(2)

Voting Participation,

263

(3)

Financing Campaigns,

266

(4)

The Electoral College, the 2000 Election,

270

(3)

Nonprint Resources,

273

(10)

Glossary,

283

(14)

Index,

297

(32)

About the Author,

329

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