Description
| Product ID: | 9781398101937 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Tuesday's Child: How America Chooses its Presidents |
| Authors: | Author: Brian Church |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | History, History, Politics and government, Politics & government |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A fun and snappy look at how the world's most important job is filled each year - published in time for the 2020 election. Written in a conversational style, former ESPN columnist Brian Church looks at the electoral college, the history of dirty campaigns and more. Donald Trump is one of the most divisive leaders, at home and abroad, in American history. His humble bid to win another four years in the White House will be the most watched election in history. He’ll like that. But how does America actually elect its president and what role is played by the mysterious electoral college?In Tuesday’s Child: How America Chooses Its Presidents, Church looks at the historical background of the electoral college and how it works today. In what becomes fifty individual elections, Church shows how candidates can choose which states to woo (or ignore) in their quest to amass 270 electoral college votes out of the 538 available.This book takes a fun look at election statistics, examining if tall candidates beat small, young defeats old, Virgo edges Sagittarius and bad hair trumps good. |
| Imprint Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-01-15 |
