Reviews for Voting in America: A Reference Handbook

The average rating for Voting in America: A Reference Handbook based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-05-30 00:00:00 Adam Jensen I wish more books were formatted like this: a medium-length essay followed by bringing in other writers in to critique it. Mostly I'm in agreement with Perlstein on the questions of broad political strategy here; there are some minor quibbles here and there, but on the central question, "why is the Democratic Party less successful than it could be, given the popularity of its basic ideas?" I think he largely has things right. Among the responses to Perlstein presented after the essay, I felt like those with the sharper disagreements with Perlstein were much more interesting; the others weren't bad, but they felt like fairly predictable filler. (A head of the Working Families Party thinks the way forward is with more minor parties in the system, an Afro-American Studies scholar wants to bring race into the discussion, a consultant writes a bunch of semi-coherent stuff filled with buzzwords.) But on the whole, a thoughtful and interesting read from a historian who knows as much about 20th-century American politics as anyone.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-12-01 00:00:00 Shannon Edwards DNF