Ballot Battles : The History of Disputed Elections in the United States.

Cover -- Ballot Battles -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface to Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Missing Institution of Impartiality -- Introduction: Understanding the Past for the Sake of the Future -- 1. Uncertain Vote-​Counting in the Founding Era -- 2. The Novelty of Chief Executive Elections -- 3. The Entrenchment of Two-​Party Competition -- 4. Counting Votes at Times of Crisis -- 5. Hayes v. Tilden: To the Edge of the Constitutional Cliff -- 6. The Gilded Age: An Era of Hypercompetitive Elections -- 7. The Progressive Era: Missed Opportunities at a Time of Reform -- 8. America in the Middle of Its Century: A Tarnished Ideal -- 9. The Sixties and Their Legacy: The Rise of Democratic Expectations -- 10. The Eighties and Nineties: Reemergence of Intensified Partisanship -- 11. Florida 2000: Avoiding a Return to the Constitutional Brink -- 12. After Bush v. Gore: Reinvigorated Demand for Electoral Fairness -- 13. Donald Trump and the Advent of Election Denialism -- Conclusion: The Enduring Quest for a Fair Count -- Appendix: Data on Overtime Elections -- Notes -- Index.

Perhaps the truest test of a nation's ability govern itself democratically is its ability to count ballots fairly and accurately in competitive, high-stakes elections. Yet from the founding on, America's adherence to this ideal has been distinctly uneven. Edward Foley's Ballot Battles is a sweeping synthesis of the subject, tracing how election controversies evolved over time, from the 1780s to the present.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.