Doorstep democracy
Subtitle: face-to-face politics in the heartland
By: James H. Read.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780816656790; 9780816656806
Subjects: Political campaigns -- United States; Political participation -- United States
Description: In a hard-fought but unsuccessful (by 98 votes) campaign for state legislature in the socially conservative communities of Stearns and Morrison counties in Minnesota, James H. Read door-knocked 7500 households and campaigned the old-fashioned way.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : political campaigns as conversation; title: How I got into this; title: Doorstep conversations; title: Media messages; title: Dollars and private promises; title: Abortive dialogue; title: Countdown, recount, and retrospect; title: Conclusion : door-knocking democracy.