The American Government, including the national, state, and local levels, has more than 400,000 elected and appointed public officials according to...

After the Kennedy assassination, the loss of the Vietnam War, and the Nixon resignation, many voters dropped out of active involvement with governm...

"The media had been dominated by traditional mass communication such as radio, television and the print. Today we are all conscious of living in th...

The Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 1996, when 35 people were shot dead by Martin Bryant, transformed Australia's gun control debate. Public outra...

This book explains the presidential election process in the United States. It provides general information about Presidential candidates and their ...

More than half the US states require a voter to provide a specified identification document (ID) to cast a ballot at the polling place, and a few e...

The mix of voting methods and systems that were used in the 2006 general election varied across states, territories, and the District, and this mix...

The process of appointing Supreme Court Justices has undergone changes over two centuries, but its most basic feature -- the sharing of power betwe...

One of the hallmarks of American democracy is the right to vote. In fact, the freedom to vote is so ingrained in American culture that it is taken ...

The United States runs its elections unlike any other country in the world. Responsibility for elections is entrusted to local officials in approxi...

By passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Congress challenged the widespread evidence of disfranchisement of black citizens in certain southern sta...

The Voting Rights Act was necessary because of this country's long and painful history of not extending the right to vote to all. The Voting Rights...

At various times in U.S. history, the right to vote has been granted or denied on the basis of such criteria as wealth, gender, ethnicity, and race...