Anthropology News is seeking contributions for a thematic issue on the US presidential election to be published in November 2008. Potential issues that articles can address include:

• policy positions
• campaign rhetoric
• polling and public opinion data analysis
• traditional and new media election coverage
• the role of race and gender in the primary and general elections
  
• comparisons with previous US or international elections
  

Reflections on the challenges and opportunities awaiting the incoming president are also welcome. Additionally, AN will consider proposal topics addressing the election and voting more broadly, including voter rights and (dis)enfranchisement, voter fraud, the Electoral College, partisanship and the present relationship between the legislature, executive and judiciary.

In Focus commentaries will be grouped into series based on the foci of proposals received. Additional proposals on this topic are encouraged for articles in other sections of AN, including Teaching Strategies and Field Notes. We welcome proposals in non-traditional formats, such as photo essays, infographics, op-ed cartoons, interviews and multi-authored discussions. Contributors interested in submitting series concepts or contributing cover photos should contact the AN Editorial Office.

Guidelines
To participate in this thematic issue, email a 300 word proposal and 50-100 word author bio to AN editor Dinah Winnick. Proposals for photo essays should also include five high resolution photographs, each with a photo caption and credit. Early submissions are encouraged.

Extended proposal submission deadline: July 28, 2008