It’s election time, when thousands of Americans go to the polls to cast their vote and participate in the democratic process. If you’ve been getting your political news from Saturday Night Live, you still have a few weeks to brush up on some of the latest and greatest new books on voting, American politics and democracy. Vote early, vote often!!

 

October 2008

The God strategy : how religion became a political weapon in America. BL2525 .D65 2008

The American presidency /JK516 .A68 2008

Millennial makeover : MySpace, YouTube, and the future of American politics/ JK1764 .W635 2008

Party crashing : how the hip-hop generation declared political independence/ E185 .G55 2008

Voting the gender gap/HQ1236.5 .U6 V68 2008

Picture perfect : life in the age of the photo op/ P94 .A33 2008

Political scandals/ JK2249 .P647 2008

Reclaiming conservatism : how a great American political movement got lost--and how it can find/ JC573.2.U6 E38 2008

Saviors or sellouts : the promise and peril of Black Conservatism,/ E185 .B798 2008

A tragic legacy : how a good vs. evil mentality destroyed the Bush presidency/ E903.3 .G74 2008

American religious democracy : coming to terms with the end of secular politics/ BR516 .L388 2007

The argument : billionaires, bloggers, and the battle to remake Democratic politics/ JK2316 .B335 2007

The art of ill will : the story of American political cartoons/ NC1420 .D49 2007

Day of reckoning : how hubris, ideology, and greed are tearing America apart/ E902 .B863x 2007

Eight ways to run the country : a new and revealing look at left and right/ JK1726 .M58 2007

The executive branch of federal government : people, process, and politics/ Reference--JK516 .D57 2007

Feedback : television against democracy/ PN1992.6 .J675 2007

From box office to ballot box : the American political film/ PN1995.9.P6 B67 2007

The media effect : how the news influences politics and government/ PN4738 .W55 2007

The political brain : the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the nation/ JK528 .W47 2007When did Jesus become Republican? : rescuing our country and our values from the right/ BR516 .E44 2007

Addressing the state of the union : the evolution and impact of the president’s big speech/ JK587 .H65 2006The American voter revisited / JK1967 .A834 2008

Electronic elections : the perils and promises of digital democracy/ JK1985 .A484 2008

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