Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

<span><span>Many students develop misinformed opinions about the American electoral process. </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths and Misconceptions</span><span> debunks some of the more common misunderstandings that have arisen about the electoral process in the past few decades. This book engages students in elections and politics and teaches them to evaluate information like a political scientist. The third edition looks forward to the 2016 election with new, more contemporary myths addressed and a new chapter on voter fraud and identification.</span></span>