Votes of confidence a young person's guide to American elections

Every four years, coverage of the presidential elections turns into a horse-race story about who is leading, and who said what then. Fleischer explains the past, present, and future of American elections; how the election process actually works and why it matters; and how young people can become inv...

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Main Author: Fleischer, Jeff (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Zest Books, [2020]
Edition:Second Edition, Updated Edition.
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Summary:Every four years, coverage of the presidential elections turns into a horse-race story about who is leading, and who said what then. Fleischer explains the past, present, and future of American elections; how the election process actually works and why it matters; and how young people can become involved-- not just this year, but for years to come. -- adapted from back cover
Item Description:Previous edition published: San Francisco, California : Zest Books, [2016] under title Votes of Confidence.
Physical Description:255 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Audience:Ages: 11-18.
Grades: 9 to 12.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781541578975
154157897X
9781541578968
1541578961
Author Notes:Jeff Fleischer is a Chicago-based author, editor, and journalist. He is the author of A Hot Mess: How the Climate Crisis Is Changing Our World (Zest Books, 2021), Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections (Zest Books, 2020 and 2016), Rockin' the Boat: 50 Iconic Revolutionaries (Zest Books, 2015) and The Latest Craze: A Short History of Mass Hysterias (FallRiver Press, 2011). His fiction has appeared in more than seventy publications including The Chicago Tribune's Printers Row Journal, Shenandoah, The Saturday Evening Post, and So It Goes by the Kurt Vonnegut Library and Museum. He has a master's in magazine journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a bachelor's in both journalism and history from Indiana University.