"Voting the Agenda: candidates, elections and ballot propositions".(Book Review)

From: Campaigns & Elections | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Nicholson, Stephen P. | Copyright information

Voting the Agenda: Candidates, Elections and Ballot Propositions

By Stephen P. Nicholson, Princeton University Press, March 2005

Pete Wilson was in trouble. With California smarting from an economic recession, the Republican governor's 1994 re-election prospects looked dim.

More than a year out from Election Day, Wilson had the lowest approval rating of any California governor in the history of the California Field Poll, trailing his likely Democrat...

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