Voting, Campaigns, and Elections

Illustrated Concepts, Facts, and Figures

• 2004 Voting by Income

• Campaign Expenditures in House and Senate Elections 1972-2004

• Coattail Effects 1948-1996

• Congress Reelection Rates 1966-2004

• Fundraising by Party, 1991-2004

• Political Action Committees by Committee Type

• The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold)

Audio Features

• John F. Kennedy Accepts the Democratic Nomination, 1960 (0:28)

Video Features

• "Daisy Girl" becomes a Model Negative Television Ad, 1964 (0:56)

• "I Like Ike," An Early Televised Campaign Ad, 1952 (1:01)

• Advertising Helped Kennedy Become President in 1960 (0:59)

• Campaign Ad Details Senator's Accomplishments, 2004 (0:30)

• Eisenhower and Nixon Receive the Nomination, 1956 (2:10)

• Geraldine Ferraro Captures the Moment of Her Selection as Vice Presidential Candidate, 1984 (1:38)

• Jackson Explains His Run for President in 1988 (0:11)

• Johnson Bows Out of the 1968 Presidential Race (1:31)

• Kennedy and Nixon Debate, 1960 (1:27)

• Negative Issue Ad by MoveOn.org: President Bush Can't Think of a Mistake, 2004 (0:29)

• Negative Issue Ad by MoveOn.org: The Corporation's Choice, 2004 (0:30)

• Negative Issue Ad by Swiftboat Veterans for Truth: Christmas in Cambodia, 2004 (0:31)

• Negative Issue Ad by Swiftboat Veterans for Truth: The Symbols of this Country, 2004 (0:31)

• Party Appeals in Congressional Campaign Ads, 1984 (0:30)

• Political Integration and the Voting Rights Act (Steve Bickerstaff - 3:19)

• Presidential Candidate JFK on the Stump Speaks about Medicare, 1960 (0:44)

• Reagan asks the Public, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" (1:04)

• Reagan Backs Goldwater, 1964 (1:35)

• Regulation of the Right to Vote (Steve Bickerstaff - 3:18)

• The Bear in the Woods, 1984 (0:30)

• The Essential Role of the Courts in Timely and Equitable Redistricting (Steve Bickerstaff - 2:42)

• The First Nixon-Kennedy Debate, 1960 (2:54)

• The New Deal Party System (Daron Shaw - 7:37)

• The U.S. Constitution: More Prototype than Model (Steve Bickerstaff - 4:18)

Cartoon Features

• Butterfly Ballot Confusion (Democrat Viewpoint)

• Butterfly Ballot Confusion (Republican Viewpoint)

• Texas: One Person, One Vote

Image Features

• 1968 Election Map

• Billionaires for Bush (2004)

• Butterfly Ballot

• Eisenhower on the Campaign Trail (1952)

• Gerald Ford Debates Jimmy Carter (1976)

• Nixon on the Trail (1968)

• The Kennedy-Nixon Debates (1960)

• Trumans 1948 Whistle Stop Tour

Web Resources

Glossary