"St. Peter's Square, Rome. White smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. Is it possible that the new Pope is a woman? The world is watching as historic crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new Pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in the Church's history. Some followers are ecstatic, but the leading candidate has made a legion of powerful enemies. From a difficult childhood with drug addled parents, to a career as a doctor on...

U.S. Attorney General Allison Leahy is the nation's top law enforcement officer and the Democrtas' best chance for holding on to the Oval Office. But she has powerful competition in Republican Lincoln Howe, a retired fourstar general and bona finde Africa-American hero. They are running neck and neck, and seemingly nothing can break the deadlock. Then, just days before the election, disaster strikes. Twelve-year-old Kristen Howe, the general's granddaughter,...

Presents information on each of the forty three Presidents of the United States and describes the process of electing a President.

Florida governor Marlon Conrad, long a tool of special interest groups, has a sudden personality shift three weeks before the election. He travels the state with a zaney campaign staff talking about "issues" and "reform"

Traces the history of Presidential elections in the United States including the changing role of the electoral college, the extension of the vote to Negroes and women, and the different methods used in campaigns.

When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied...

Describes and explains the activities of a presidential election year. Discusses the search for candidates, nominations, campaigns, and election day. Includes a table of presidential elections in the United States, noting candidates, parties, and electoral votes received.

Explains how the United States elects its president, discussing the party system, conventions, primaries, and the actual election day.

"A radical spirit of change has overtaken American politics, making once-unthinkable reforms-like abolishing the Electoral College-seem possible. Two of the last five elections were won by candidates who lost the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire electoral system into question. Political passions are already high, and they will reach a boiling point as we enter the 2020 race. The message from the American people is clear: we need major...