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ELEVENTH ESSENTIALS EDITION We the People AN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016 Hillary Clinton (Democrat) margin of victory Donald Trump (Republican) margin of victory Total electoral votes: 232 Total electoral votes: 306 <5% 5–10% >10% <5% 5–10% >10% Maine (3 votes to Clinton, Washington 1 vote to Trump) (12) Montana North Dakota (3) (3) Minnesota Vermont (3) Oregon (10) (7) New Hampshire (4) Wisconsin Idaho South Dakota (10) New York Massachusetts (11) (4) (3) Michigan (29) Wyoming (16) Rhode Island (4) (3) Connecticut (7) Iowa Pennsylvania (6) (20) Nebraska Nevada (5) Ohio New Jersey (14) (6) Illinois Indiana (18) Delaware (3) Utah (20) (11) West (6) Colorado Virginia Maryland (10) Cal(i5fo5r)nia (9) Kansas Missouri Kentucky (5) Vi(r1g3in)ia District of Columbia (3) (6) (10) (8) North Carolina Tennessee (15) (11) Arizona Oklahoma Arkansas South (11) New Mexico (7) (6) Carolina (9) (5) Georgia Mississippi Alabama (16) (6) (9) Alaska Texas (3) (38) Louisiana (8) Florida Hawaii (29) (4) NOTE: As of December 1, 2016, the Democrats were pursuing recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. NOTE: As of December 1, 2016, the Democrats were pursuing recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016 Hillary Clinton (Democrat) margin of victory Donald Trump (Republican) margin of victory Total electoral votes: 232 Total electoral votes: 306 <5% 5–10% >10% <5% 5–10% >10% Maine (3 votes to Clinton, Washington 1 vote to Trump) (12) Montana North Dakota (3) (3) Minnesota Vermont (3) Oregon (10) (7) New Hampshire (4) Wisconsin Idaho South Dakota (10) New York Massachusetts (11) (4) (3) Michigan (29) Wyoming (16) Rhode Island (4) (3) Connecticut (7) Iowa Pennsylvania (6) (20) Nebraska Nevada (5) Ohio New Jersey (14) (6) Illinois Indiana (18) Delaware (3) Utah (20) (11) West (6) Colorado Virginia Maryland (10) Cal(i5fo5r)nia (9) Kansas Missouri Kentucky (5) Vi(r1g3in)ia District of Columbia (3) (6) (10) (8) North Carolina Tennessee (15) (11) Arizona Oklahoma Arkansas South (11) New Mexico (7) (6) Carolina (9) (5) Georgia Mississippi Alabama (16) (6) (9) Alaska Texas (3) (38) Louisiana (8) Florida Hawaii (29) (4) NOTE: As of December 1, 2016, the Democrats were pursuing recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. ELEVENTH ESSENTIALS EDITION We the People AN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS Benjamin Ginsberg THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Theodore J. Lowi CORNELL UNIVERSITY Margaret Weir BROWN UNIVERSITY Caroline J. Tolbert UNIVERSITY OF LOWA Robert J. Spitzer SUNY CORTLAND B W. W. NORTON & COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON CONTENTS V 01_WTP_28364_fm_i-1.indd 5 06/12/16 11:42 am W. W. Norton & Company has been independent since its founding in 1923, when William Warder Norton and Mary D. Herter Norton first published lectures delivered at the People’s Institute, the adult education division of New York City’s Cooper Union. The firm soon expanded its program beyond the Institute, publishing books by celebrated academics from America and abroad. By mid- century, the two major pillars of Norton’s publishing program—trade books and college texts— were firmly established. 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The Library of Congress has cataloged the full edition as follows: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ginsberg, Benjamin, author. | Lowi, Theodore J., author. | Weir, Margaret, 1952- author. | Tolbert, Caroline J., author. We the people : an introduction to American politics / Benjamin Ginsberg, the Johns Hopkins University, Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University, Margaret Weir, Brown University, Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa. Eleventh Edition. | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017] Tenth edition: 2015. Includes bibliographical references and index. LCCN 2016050517 | ISBN 9780393283624 (hardcover) LCSH: United States—Politics and government—Textbooks. LCC JK276.G55 2017 | DDC 320.473—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc .gov/2016050517 This edition: ISBN: 978-0-393-28364-8 (pbk.) W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10110 www.wwnorton.com W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., Castle House, 15 Carlisle Street, London W1D 3BS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 To Teresa Spitzer Sandy, Cindy, and Alex Ginsberg Angele, Anna, and Jason Lowi Nicholas Ziegler David, Jackie, Eveline, and Ed Dowling contents Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii PART I Foundations 1 l Introduction: The Citizen and Government 2 Government Affects Our Lives Every Day 5 Trust in Government Has Declined 7 Political Efficacy Means People Can Make a Difference 7 Citizenship Is Based on Political Knowledge and Participation 8 “Digital Citizenship” Is the Newest Way to Participate 9 Government Is Made Up of the Institutions and Procedures by Which People Are Ruled 9 Different Forms of Government Are Defined by Power and Freedom 9 Limits on Governments Encouraged Freedom 10 Expansion of Participation in America Changed the Political Balance 11 The Goal of Politics Is Having a Say in What Happens 11 The Identity of Americans Has Changed over Time 12 Immigration and Increasing Ethnic Diversity Have Long Caused Intense Debate 13 Today the Country Still Confronts the Question “Who Are Americans?” 14 l AMERICA SIDE BY SIDE Global Diversity 17 America Is Built on the Ideas of Liberty, Equality, and Democracy 19 Liberty Means Freedom 19 Equality Means Treating People Fairly 20 Democracy Means That What the People Want Matters 21 American Political Values and Your Future 21 ix
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