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2016 edition of this essential political resource coming soon
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Madison - August 5, 2015: The Almanac of American Politics has been an essential reference for anyone interested in the nation's political landscape since 1972. An encyclopedia published every two years since then, George Will calls it "the bible of American politics." Through a special arrangement between Ballotpedia and the Almanac, the 2016 edition was born, bringing up-to-date, extensive coverage of political figures and scenes across the nation. Ballotpedia staff assisted Almanac writers Rich Cohen and Jim Barnes with vast amounts of research, helping to craft the narratives and profiles that comprise this must-have resource of American politics.
- The complete 2016 edition of the Almanac can be pre-ordered here.
Ballotpedia readers can receive a 10% discount on the Almanac by entering the code "BP16" at checkout.
The Almanac is a roughly 1,800 page encyclopedia of American politics that features in-depth and up-to-date profiles of all fifty states and their governors; all 100 Senators; all 435 congressional districts; all 435 members of the House; and, finally, the District of Columbia and the Insular Territories. Additionally, the 2016 edition includes: updated census data, breakdowns of voting history by region, congressional campaign finance data, analysis of voter turnout in each state in 2012 and 2014, and contact information. In a state or congressional district profile, readers can find information on the major economic, cultural, political, social and demographic issues shaping those areas. Senatorial, gubernatorial and congressional profiles contain biographical details, election history, major legislative achievements and all other issues of note related to an individual’s political activities. Exhaustively researched and artfully narrated, it's no wonder the Almanac has become one of the most respected modern volumes dealing with American politics.[1]
Testimonials
"It's simply the oxygen of the political world. We have the most dog-eared copy in town."[2]
- --Judy Woodruff, PBS
"Real political junkies get two Almanacs: one for home and one for the office."[1]
- --Chuck Todd, NBC News
"The single best reference there is for Congress and Washington specifically and the country generally."[1]
- --Jim Lehrer, The NewsHour
"Indispensable . . . this compendium of statistics and information has gone as far as humanly possible."[1]
- --The Washington Post
About the authors
From the Almanac's official website:[1]
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Richard E. Cohen was co-author of The Almanac of American Politics from 2001 through 2010. He has written about Congress for National Journal, Politico and Congressional Quarterly. He is the author of several books, including Washington at Work: Back Rooms and Clean Air, a case study of the 1990 Clean Air Act, and Rostenkowski: The Pursuit of Power and the End of the Old Politics. He recently co-authored The Partisan Divide, with former Reps. Tom Davis of Virginia and Martin Frost of Texas. In 1990 he won the prestigious Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for distinguished reporting on Congress. James A. Barnes is a senior writer for Ballotpedia.org and consultant to CNN projecting the outcomes of presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races for its election night and primary night coverage. He was formerly the chief political correspondent for National Journal magazine and founder of the National Journal Insiders Poll. He is co-author of “Public Opinion among Political Elites: The Insiders Poll as a Research Toll” in The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics, 2013; and contributor to The State of American Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001). Charlie Cook is Editor and Publisher of the Cook Political Report and a political analyst for National Journal magazine, where he writes a twice weekly column. Charlie is considered one of the nation’s leading independent and non-partisan authorities on American politics and U.S. elections. In 2010, Charlie was a co-recipient of the American Political Science Association’s prestigious Carey McWilliams award to honor “a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics.” For the Spring semester of 2013, Charlie served as a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Michael Barone is Senior Political Analyst for the Washington Examiner and a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is a contributor to Fox News Channel and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics 1972-2016. He is also the author of Our Country: The Shaping of America from Roosevelt to Reagan, The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again, and many other publications in the United States and several other countries. Mr. Barone received the Bradley Prize from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in 2010, the Barbara Olsen Award from The American Spectator in 2006 and the Carey McWilliams Award from the American Political Science Association in 1992. [3] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Almanac of American Politics, accessed August 4, 2015
- ↑ Amazon.com, "The Almanac of American Politics 2016," accessed August 4, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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