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The Almanac of American Politics
ISBN
978-1938518294
Websitewww.thealmanacofamericanpolitics.com

The Almanac of American Politics is a reference work published biennially by Columbia Books & Information Services.[2] It aims to provide a detailed look at the politics of the United States through an approach of profiling individual leaders and areas of the country. The first edition of the Almanac was published in 1972. The National Journal published biennial editions of the Almanac from 1984 through 2014.[3] In 2015, Columbia Books & Information Services became the publisher.[4]

Overview

The Almanac is broken down alphabetically by state, with each congressional district in each state profiled separately. The information provided by the Almanac includes:

In addition, an overview look at each state is given, including prospects for the upcoming presidential election and demographic trends.

The 2014 and 2012 editions of the Almanac are both 1,838 pages long. The Almanac was first published in 1971; subsequent editions have appeared biennially since 1973. The main editors were originally Michael Barone, now a writer at the Washington Examiner; Grant Ujifusa; and Douglas Matthews. Matthews stopped contributing after the 1980 edition. Barone and Chuck McCutcheon authored the 2012 edition, and were joined by Sean Trende and Josh Kraushaar for the 2014 edition. The co-authors of the 2016 edition are Barone, Richard E. Cohen, Charlie Cook, and James A. Barnes.[5]

Authors

External videos
video icon Washington Journal interview with Michael Barone on The Almanac of American Politics, August 20, 1999, C-SPAN
video icon Washington Journal interview with Barone on Almanac, August 3, 2001, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Barone, Richard E. Cohen, and Charles Mahtesian on Almanac, October 10, 2003, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Barone on Almanac, December 12, 2007, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Barone on Almanac, September 16, 2009, C-SPAN

Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for distinguished reporting on Congress.[6]

James A. Barnes is a senior writer for Ballotpedia and consultant to CNN, projecting the outcomes of presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races for its election night and primary night coverage. He was formerly the chief political correspondent for National Journal magazine and founder of the National Journal Insiders Poll. He is co-author of Public Opinion among Political Elites: The Insiders Poll as a Research Toll in The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics (2013), and a contributor to The State of American Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001).

Cook Political Report and a political analyst for National Journal, where he writes a twice weekly column. In 2010, Cook was a co-recipient of the American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams award to honor “a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics.” For the spring semester of 2013, Cook served as a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University
.

Barone is Senior Political Analyst for the

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in 2010, the Barbara Olsen Award from The American Spectator in 2006 and the Carey McWilliams Award from the American Political Science Association
in 1992.

The 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010 editions were authored by Barone and Richard E. Cohen, the congressional correspondent for the National Journal, and edited by Charles Mahtesian.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ Weigel, David (September 5, 2013). "Sure, Congress Is More Partisan. But It's Also More Honest". Slate. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Grinapol, Corinne (June 9, 2015). "Richard Cohen Will Pen National Journal's 2016 Politics Almanac". FishBowl DC. Adweek. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. ^ Barone, Michael (August 15, 2013). "Read Almanac of American Politics 2014 introduction online". Washington Examiner. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  4. ^ Gold, Hadas (June 9, 2015). "The Almanac of American Politics lives on". Politico. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  5. ^ Kenny, Kelly (August 5, 2015). "Ballotpedia teams up with the Almanac of American Politics". Ballotpedia (Press release). Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  6. ^ "Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress". National Press Foundation (NPF). Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  7. ^ Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa (1999). The Almanac of American Politics 2000.
    ISBN 0-89234-080-0
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  8. ISBN 0-89234-100-9
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  9. ISBN 0-89234-106-8
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  10. ISBN 0-89234-112-2
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  11. ISBN 978-0-89234-117-7
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  12. ISBN 978-0-89234-119-1
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