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Quantico (Images of America)
Located in the northern Virginia hills just south of our nation's capital, Marine Corps Base Quantico is known throughout the world as the Crossroads of the United States Marine Corps. Images of America: Quantico takes the reader on a visual tour of Quantico's evolution-through World War I, interwar... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
Marines of Washington D.C. (Images of America)
Marines of Washington, D.C. takes the reader on a visual tour that explores the dynamic history of the United States Marine Corps in the nation's capital. The Marines have played an integral role in the development of the social, structural, and political landscape of Washington for over 200 years. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Political Polling in the Digital Age: The Challenge of Measuring and Understanding Public Opinion (Media & Public Affairs)
by Susan Herbst • Mark Blumenthal • Kirby Goidel • Charlie Cook • Scott Keeter • Anna Greenberg • Charles FranklinThe 2008 presidential election provided a "perfect storm" for pollsters. A significant portion of the population had exchanged their landlines for cellphones, which made them harder to survey. Additionally, a potential Bradley effect -- in which white voters misrepresent their intentions of voting f... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
The Surge: The Big 2014 Gop Win and What It Means For the Next Presidential Election
by Larry J. Sabato • Alan I. Abramowitz • Jill Lawrence • Joshua T. Putnam • Geoffrey Skelley • Michael E. Toner • Karen E. Trainer • Sean Trende • Mark Blumenthal • Jamelle Bouie • Rhodes Cook • Robert Costa • Ariel Edwards-Levy • James Hohmann • Kyle KondikThe 2014 midterm election was one of the most significant in recent memory, with a decisive turning of the tables in favor of Republicans. With a now-Republican-controlled Senate and House at odds with a Democratic president with only two years left in office, the fault lines within and between bot... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015