Elections: Selecting our next President

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Barack Obama
(921 Oba) This biography travels from Obama's childhood in Honolulu and Indonesia, to his formative years at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, all the way to his current status as a leading political figure.

The Election Process in America
(324.973 Ele) Explains the Electoral College and how government officials are elected

Fahrenheit 9/11
(FAH) Through Footage, interviews, and declassified documents, Michael Moore examaines George W. Bush's Presidency.

The Green Bus v. The White House
(324.973 Gre) In a country that is evenly divided politcally, every vote counts -- and never more so than in the 2002 U.S. Senate race in Minnesota. In one of the six closest contests that will dictate the majority in the Senate, incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone takes on Republican Norm Coleman.

Hacking Democracy
(324.5 Par) Takes a nonpartisan, clear-eyed look at the secrecy, cronyism, and incompetence of elections in present-day America to capture a citizens' movement intent on taking back elections and democracy itself.

How Democrats and Progressives Can Win
(320.513 Lak) Interviews, television news clips, and illustrative graphics present linguist George Lakoff's discussion of the critical rol that language plays in the current political climate.

John McCain
(921 McCain Jo) Follow the senator through his student days at the United States Naval Academy, his early political career in Arizona, and finally, through the 2008 presidential primaries.

New Media, Religion, and Their Impact on Elections
(324.973 New) New Media is changing the face, pace, and language of the election - what does it mean? Bill Moyers gives perspective on the impact of Web-blogs, YouTube, and social networking - on the election with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Orwell Rolls in His Grave
(302.23 Orw) Analyzes the role of modern American media and its consequences upon democracy.

The Party's Over
(324.5 Par) Examines how the American political process addresses, and often fails to address, the country's most pressing issues. The film follows Philip Seymour Hoffman as a concerned citizen on an uncensored journey of politics in America.

Primary
(324.9 Pri) A political documentary of the 1960 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary campaigns in which Senator John F. Kennedy upset Senator Hubert H. Humphrey.

-- So Goes the Nation
(324.973 So) Examines America's electoral process through the eyes of diverse politicians, activists, and voters in Ohio during the 2004 election. Shows how the voting public is manipulated by the parties' leaders and their political marketing strategies.

Swing State Ohio: A Journey to the Heartland of a Divided Nation
(324.973 Swi) Examines America's electoral process through the eyes of diverse politicians, activists, and voters in Ohio during the 2004 election.

Unprecedented: the 2000 Presidential Election
(324.6 Unp) The riveting story about the battle for the presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America.

The War Room
(324.7 War) Documentary about the Clinton presidential campaign, from the New Hampshire primary to the victory party 10 months later.

Who Counts? Election Reform in America
(324.66 Who) This program centers around the presidential election of 2000 and is a storytelling hybrid that combines factual information with comedic elements.