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U.S. Presidential elections: how they workClinton, Hillary Rodham
Summary: The former secretary of state relates her experiences as the first woman candidate nominated for president by a major party, discussing the sexism, criticism, and double standards she had to confront, and how she coped with a devastating loss.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM CLILinde, Barbara M.
Summary: "Have you ever wondered why presidential candidates need money for their campaigns? How do they get the funds they need to succeed in politics? This book focuses on how and where presidential candidates obtain the money to help them run for the country's highest office. Readers will learn about the history of campaign fund-raising and discover how candidates in different time periods approached...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.7 LINTrump, Donald
Summary: "While everyday Americans strive to make an honest living by working hard, liberals within the swamp have perfected a way of barely working while elevating themselves above the rest of America. Liberal Privilege will take you behind the scenes of the swamp, just as the nation gears up for the next presidential election. As President Donald J. Trump seeks a second term based on real...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Donald Trump, Jr. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 TRUPodhoretz, John.
Summary: It's the ultimate nightmare for conservatives: to awaken on November 5, 2008, to the news that Hillary Rodham Clinton is the President-elect of the United States. Could it really happen? As conservative commentator Podhoretz reveals, this is not just a "what if" scenario; it will happen--unless conservatives take action. This book shows that Hillary's plan to capture the White House is much...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.93 PodhoBrock, David
Summary: The founder of Media Matters describes his battles with right-wing voices for control of the messages that will decide the 2016 presidential election, and discredits the conservative case against Hillary Clinton.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.52 BROTasini, Jonathan.
Summary: In this short, accessible book, author Jonathan Tasini draws heavily from Sanders' ample public record of speeches, statements, and interviews, and couples his working-class spirit with specific legislation he has championed on a number of core proposals that comprise a broader people's agenda for America. --Publisher's description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 TASSummary: Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm campaigned to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 1972. From the announcement of her candidacy in January to the Democratic National Convention in Miami that July. Chisholm's fight for inclusion encompassed all Americans "who agree that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it." Shunned by the political...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHISteele, Shelby.
Summary: Award-winning author Steele attests that Senator Barack Obama's groundbreaking quest for the highest office in the land is fast becoming a galvanizing occasion beyond mere presidential politics, one that is forcing a national dialogue on the current state of race relations in America. Says Steele, poverty and inequality usually are the focus of such dialogues, but Obama's bid for so high an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 STEWilson, John K.
Summary: Explores the ideas that Illinois senator Barack Obama has about race, religion, and politics and discusses how he has been received as a presidential candidate by the far right, the far left, the media, and everyday Americans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Paradigm 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, BARACK WILDowd, Maureen
Summary: A noted political columnist traces the psychologies and pathologies in one of the nastiest and most significant battles of the sexes ever, the presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 DOWHalperin, Mark
Summary: The authors of the best-selling Game Change present an account of the 2012 presidential election that draws on hundreds of insider interviews to illuminate what the election meant to both parties, covering such topics as the dramatic Republican nomination fight, the rise and fall of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's Election Day triumph.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.973 HALObama, Barack.
Summary: Outlines Obama's plan to effect political change in the event of his election, exploring his strategies to revive the economy, create a sound economic future, rebuild America's image abroad, and promote core American values.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 ObamaPaul, Ron
Summary: Congressman Ron Paul (TX-R)--presidential candidate, popular ideologue, debate favorite, and creator of one of the largest grassroots campaigns in history--sets forth his revolutionary manifesto and challenges America to make the tough changes needed to survive.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931092 PAUIngraham, Laura
Summary: Laura Ingraham details how Trump remade the Reagan Revolution in his own image, attracting a new coalition of voters who were angry and disgusted with the corporatist agenda of GOP elites. With an insider's access and knowledge, Ingraham reveals previously unreported details behind Trump's victory and the possible pitfalls that lie ahead for his ambitious populist agenda.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 INGAllen, Jonathan (Jonathan J. M.)
Summary: It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the tragic story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the electorate, no explanation of defeat can begin with anything other than the core problem of Hillary's campaign -- the candidate herself....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324 ALLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.973 ALLSummary: Comedian Roseanne Barr embarks on the most off-the-rails presidential campaign in U.S. history. 25 years after bringing working-class struggles to the pinnacle of show business, Roseanne is uniquely qualified to fix everything. What begins as a political journey becomes a raw and revealing portrait of a comedic icon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ROSD'Souza, Dinesh
Summary: "The best-selling author of Obama's America characterizes presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as a Nixonian political gangster out to control the country's wealth in a scathing critique that makes controversial claims about Clinton family corruption,"--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.26 D'SOBalz, Daniel J.
Summary: An analysis of the Obama-Romney presidential race places it against a backdrop of political infighting, a decade-long war, Obama's controversial health-care bill, and a stagnant economy to offer insight into the race's more contentious aspects.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013