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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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High-Tech Grass Roots: The Professionalization of Local Elections

High-Tech Grass Roots: The Professionalization of Local Elections

Strachan, Cherie J.

Paperback

Series: Campaigning American Style

United States Politics

ISBN10: 0742517667
ISBN13: 9780742517660
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Dec 24 2002
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.12
Language: English
Election campaigns in small and mid-sized electoral districts have been run from the grass roots from the beginning of the republic. Yard signs, door-to-door canvassing, and soap-box oratory have characterized state and local elections for years, and many predict their persistence into the 21st century. This book looks at new trends in small-town politics, tracking the infiltration of sophisticated communications technology, the use of political consultants, and the increase in fundraising and campaign expenditures. Original surveys, interviews, and in-depth case studies lead the author to conclude that the new tactics are with us to stay, but that their potentially negative effects-rising campaign budgets and diminished citizen participation-may be mitigated by creative approaches to reform.

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