Edwards, John, 83, 107n14, 281–282, 284–286, 288, 297n56, 300–301, 310, 314–316, 318–321

Eisenhower, Dwight, 23, 84–85, 87, 99, 166, 196, 198, 208nn58–59, 259, 275, 280, 344, 351n7, 415

Election Day, 95, 118, 159n45, 184, 196, 204n14, 206n30, 248, 289, 312, 332

Electoral College, 16, 29, 38, 46–47, 57n5, 58n18, 59n19, 93, 137, 165, 240, 282, 290, 339, 345, 347, 350

elite, 3, 16, 64–65, 67–68, 71, 118–119, 138, 165, 176, 195, 203n4, 302, 304, 317, 341

Emanuel, Rahm, 235

evangelical, 143, 161n59, 246, 268, 301, 305, 312, 343

executive branch, 22, 46, 58n16, 261

farmers, 125, 154n18, 178, 187, 190, 205n29

Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 215

Federal Election Campaign Finance Act, 215, 297n58

federal government, 14, 27, 46, 48, 59, 124, 128, 154n18, 187, 200, 222, 226, 248, 264, 274, 297n58, 308, 331

Federalist Party, 26, 122, 129

filibuster, 165

Fillmore, Millard, 80, 85, 108n15, 140, 145, 149, 159n53, 161n62, 413

fiscal, 171, 213, 234, 272, 308

Ford, Gerald, 28, 80, 84, 88, 213, 221–226, 228–230, 343, 386–393, 416

Fourteenth Amendment, 165

Framers, 43, 46–48, 58n16, 58n18, 59n19, 61n24, 93–94, 154n18, 162n70, 345, 350

France, 111n19, 121, 123, 328

Garfield, James, 84, 87, 164–166

Geffen, David, 318

Gingrich, Newt, 242, 247

Giuliani, Rudy, 289, 300–301, 309, 312, 320, 335n10

GOP, 196, 199, 213–214, 216, 230, 244, 280, 311

Gore, Al, 81, 83, 88, 238, 240–241, 247–249, 281–283, 335n14, 402–409, 417

Government in Sunshine Act, 215

Graham, Lindsey, 312–313

Grant, Ulysses, 84–85, 87, 99, 101, 113n23, 167

grassroots, 17, 35n39, 176, 197, 303, 321, 327

Great Depression, 26, 184, 189, 413

gubernatorial, 2, 20, 27, 41, 134, 145, 170–171, 174, 183, 185, 191–192, 218, 232–233, 243, 245, 270, 272–275, 284, 308, 413–415, 417

Harding, Warren, 84, 87, 180, 252n7

Harrison, Benjamin, 84, 87–88, 99, 169, 171–173, 176, 179, 213, 235, 366–369, 414

Hayes, Rutherford, 69, 84, 87, 165, 174, 204n14, 204n19, 414

heresthetics/herestheticians, 15, 19, 24, 41, 44, 106n2, 212–213, 258, 328, 344–345, 348

Hoover, Herbert, 84–85, 87–88, 184, 189–191, 370–373, 414