The Almanac of American Politics
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| Author | Richard E. Cohen, James A. Barnes, Charlie Cook, Michael Barone |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Politics of the United States |
| Genre | Reference book |
| Published | Biennially from 1972 through 2015; most recently in October 2015 |
| Publisher | Columbia Books & Information Services, Ballotpedia |
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| Website | www |
The Almanac of American Politics is a reference work published biennially by Columbia Books & Information Services. 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. In 2015, Columbia Books & Information Services became the publisher.
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.
Richard E. Cohen co-authored The Almanac of American Politics from 2001 through 2010, and again in 2016. He has written about Congress for National Journal, Politico and Congressional Quarterly. He is the author of several books, including Washington at Work: Back Rooms and Clean Air, a case study of the 1990 Clean Air Act, and Rostenkowski: The Pursuit of Power and the End of the Old Politics. He co-authored The Partisan Divide with former Reps. Tom Davis of Virginia and Martin Frost of Texas. In 1990, he won the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for distinguished reporting on Congress.
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