Now with more detailed primary returns than ever before, America Votes 25 chronicles the whole story of the remarkable midterm elections of 2002. These elections saw the president’s party take control of the Senate during a midterm for the first time since direct election of senators began, as well as other partisan gains and surprises in House and gubernatorial races. The impact, as small gains add up to major advances, will affect both policy making and the upcoming races in 2004.

For over half a century, America Votes has been America’s most trusted source for complete and reliable election information, making it the longest running series of election information available anywhere. In America Votes 25, all results from the 2001-2002 election cycle—including additional in-depth primary returns—are meticulously reported. The editors gather official state-certified election returns for the House, Senate, and gubernatorial races and present them in easy-to-read tables.

Beginning with summary tables and information, America Votes 25 is organized by state and provides

• complete state-, county-, and district-level general election returns,
• complete state- and county-level (new!) primary election returns,
• county and district maps,
• winner/loser percentages and Democratic-Republican plurality totals and percentages,
• additional tables and information on voter turnout, partisan change and party switching, and historical votes for president.

No other print source, on-line source, or Web search engine brings you this wealth of authoritative and easily digested data, making this enhanced edition of America Votes 25 the best and only data source your library needs on the 2001-2002 elections.

Praise for the Previous Edition:

“This title is a resource of election facts and figures that should be in all academic and large public libraries. It will be helpful to students and to inquiring citizens alike.”

Richard M. Scammon, who died in April 2001, was widely considered America’s most prominent elections expert during a long career as a government official, adviser to presidents, and analyst of voting trends and developments. He served in the State Department, as Census Bureau director under President John F. Kennedy, as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Regulation and Voting Participation in 1963 and 1964, and as an international election observer. He established the Elections Research Center in Washington, D.C., for voting analysis and publication of the America Votes series.

Rhodes Cook is a veteran Washington political analyst and writer, covering presidential and congressional elections as well as voting trends in general. For more than two decades, he was a political reporter on CQ's Weekly magazine. He currently hosts the political website rhodescook.com, publishes a bimonthly political newsletter, and since 1996 has been the author of "America Votes" and a series on U.S. primary elections.

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