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The presidential election of 1884, in which Grover Cleveland ended the Democrats' twenty-four-year presidential drought by defeating Republican challenger James G. Blaine, was one of the gaudiest in American history, remembered today less for its political significance than for the mudslinging and slander that characterized the campaign. But a closer look at the infamous election reveals far more complexity than previous stereotypes allowed, argues Mark Summers. Behind all the mud and malarkey, he says, lay a world of issues and consequences.

Summers suggests that both Democrats and Republicans sensed a political system breaking apart, or perhaps a new political order forming, as voters began to drift away from voting by party affiliation toward voting according to a candidate's stand on specific issues. Mudslinging, then, was done not for public entertainment but to tear away or confirm votes that seemed in doubt. Uncovering the issues that really powered the election and stripping away the myths that still surround it, Summers uses the election of 1884 to challenge many of our preconceptions about Gilded Age politics..
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Political campaigns in the United States have been . favorite targets of critics since our nation's origin. "Too long", "too expensive", "too negative", "too personal", "unbecoming to our democracy" -- these criticisms were made in the nineteenth century just as they are made today; but are they compelling? This short book takes a fresh look at the American style of campaign politics, past and present, warts and all, to argue that campaigns reflect both our popular culture and the place of politics in our national life. In the end, the purpose of campaigns is to draw voters' attention to a candidate or issue, even though politics is not of immediate interest to many or most citizens. That is what campaigns do and always have done in America -- and there is little reason to think that a more cerebral approach to politics would be more effective. Reflective, analytical, and firmly committed to democratic values, this book challenges citizens to trade cynicism for realism -- to take a clear-eyed look at our politics and ourselves, and appreciate both for what they are..
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This digital document is an article from Instructor (1990), published by Scholastic, Inc. on September 1, 2008. The length of the article is 391 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: No mudslinging allowed: how to talk about politics in the classroom.(election 2008)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication:Instructor (1990) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2008
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Volume: 118 Issue: 2 Page: 32(1)

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on October 29, 1990. The length of the article is 981 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Mudslinging marks contest for Fla. commissioner post.
Author: Thomas W. Poulton
Publication:National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 29, 1990
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n44 Page: p2(2)

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on January 22, 2008. The length of the article is 450 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Heated battle breaks out between Clinton, Obama; Debate turns into mud-slinging between senators.(World Wire)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication:Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 22, 2008
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: a1

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