Election Time

Year after year a multitude of elections take place all over Europe. From the particular parliamentary elections to presidential elections and the regional and local elections.
Although every ballot finally is about the same fin, namely the new distribution of the balances of power, every election is still different. Also in the new Europe of the 25, the election campaigns in Scandinavia have a totally different outlook than those in Cyprus, France or Spain. The EAPC, the European Association of Political Consultants, made it its task to make these varying forms, strategies and measures of election campaigns visible and the result is impressive. Following the first edition published in May 04, the second annual yearbook of political campaigning is even more informative and completed.
“Election Time 04”, is the second in a series planned to be edited year after year and in doing so becoming an exiting work of reference for all interested in political campaigns – from editors to universities and advertising agencies, campaign managers and parties.
“Our second Yearbook is a very extensive work with its 340 pages. Still the presented campaigns certainly are only some examples of many. Nevertheless we are able to offer a representative selection of different campaigns by classifying all presentations in Parliamentary and Presidential elections as well as referenda and regional and local elections. In addition we are also presenting some samples of the campaigns for the European Parliamentary elections,” as Sepp Hartinger, founder of the EAPC and editor of the book, comments on the result.