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Summary: SOME good info but definitely biased
Review: A "Dummies" book--especially on a topic as subjective as politics--should present a clear, unbiased foundation of the subject matter, taking pains to flag opinion from fact. This book is dangerous because it is targeted at the uninitiated, and because the biased opinion of the author is presented casually as matter-of-fact information. Hence, the reader walks away with a headfull of propaganda mistaken for fact.It's always a good idea to read about the author (you can do so in the editorial reviews page for this book) before delving into an unfamiliar topic. For a book like this, I strongly recommend it.
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Summary: Biased - therefore dangerous to the novice
Review: A "Dummies" book--especially on a topic as subjective as politics--should present a clear, unbiased foundation of the subject matter, taking pains to flag opinion from fact. This book is dangerous because it is targeted at the uninitiated, and because the biased opinion of the author is presented casually as matter-of-fact information. Hence, the reader walks away with a headfull of propaganda mistaken for fact. It's always a good idea to read about the author (you can do so in the editorial reviews page for this book) before delving into an unfamiliar topic. For a book like this, I strongly recommend it.
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Summary: people who think this book is biased really are dummies!!!!
Review: besides the fact that this book is not biased, that is the author and editors business. if you dont like it you can go screw a tree. i woud give it five stars, but i am giving it four on the fact that it fails to emphasize several important accounts on several occasions. all-in-all it is a great book. i would reccomend it to any person that is young and is looking to do some hard studying on politics.
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Summary: Are you out of your mind
Review: I bought this book as a joke. Sadly, it is no joke. Someone actually comissioned this book, someone wrote it, someone published, and amazon stocks it. It comes out shockingly free of any sadness or irony. Dummy is understating it. A lot of the information seems out of date. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who can read.
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Summary: Slightly flawed, but a good place to start
Review: I would simply like to state that the premise of lower-class whites primarily voting as democrats is way off base. The fact is, white males with a high school diploma or less vote republican, college grads generally vote democrat, and anything above that is generally split. Typically those in the lower class have either a high school diploma or less and thus vote republican. Trust me, I do this for a living. While this book is lightly flawed in some areas and does leave some critical areas untouched, I feel that it is a great primer.
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Summary: Slightly flawed, but a good place to start
Review: I would simply like to state that the premise of lower-class whites primarily voting as democrats is way off base. The fact is, white males with a high school diploma or less vote republican, college grads generally vote democrat, and anything above that is generally split. Typically those in the lower class have either a high school diploma or less and thus vote republican. Trust me, I do this for a living. While this book is lightly flawed in some areas and does leave some critical areas untouched, I feel that it is a great primer.
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Summary: Very well done
Review: Politics for Dummies is a very good book that will help the people who read it understand and become involved in political issues if they desire.
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Summary: Be careful when decrying bias
Review: Some people interpret bias whenever something doesn't square perfectly with their view. In this case describing Republican voters as white, upper-class etc, happens to fit the facts presented by countless polls. It's just a fact. Read it as such. This book is extremely helpful for the novice seeking more information on politics. Don't let Rush Limbaugh style rants against "liberal bias" turn you off.
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Summary: It's not biased.
Review: The reviews claiming it's a biased book are way off-track. 1. First of all, Republicans generally are upper-class and white. That's a proven, well-known fact. That doesn't mean there aren't Republicans that don't fit that profile, and that doesn't mean the book is biased for correctly reporting information. In addition, minorities, women, and lower-class whites tend to vote Democrat. Married housewives, as the exception, tend to vote Republican because their husbands are most likely Republican, etc. That doesn't mean the book is biased or anything; that's like saying a book that reports that the sky is blue is siding with all those "blue-sky folk, grr." O_o 2. The examples are clearly jokes and not to be taken seriously. Seeing as how the examples slant either way, I think it's really irrational to claim a Democratic bias. What seems to be the case is some rather impressionable people who really *don't* know anything about politics (like basics of party demographics which is even on the news every other night) are reading it and trying to find bias. If you're a political dummy, but not irrational, then this book is fine.
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Summary: It's not biased.
Review: The reviews claiming it's a biased book are way off-track. 1. First of all, Republicans generally are upper-class and white. That's a proven, well-known fact. That doesn't mean there aren't Republicans that don't fit that profile, and that doesn't mean the book is biased for correctly reporting information. In addition, minorities, women, and lower-class whites tend to vote Democrat. Married housewives, as the exception, tend to vote Republican because their husbands are most likely Republican, etc. That doesn't mean the book is biased or anything; that's like saying a book that reports that the sky is blue is siding with all those "blue-sky folk, grr." O_o 2. The examples are clearly jokes and not to be taken seriously. Seeing as how the examples slant either way, I think it's really irrational to claim a Democratic bias. What seems to be the case is some rather impressionable people who really *don't* know anything about politics (like basics of party demographics which is even on the news every other night) are reading it and trying to find bias. If you're a political dummy, but not irrational, then this book is fine.
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