The #1 book examines contemporary campaigns and elections―now updated through 2020 Thoroughly revised and updated through the 2020 elections, the Fourth Edition of Campaigns & Elections uses a consistent framework to reveal the strategies and choices that face candidates and other practitioners in the American political system. The authors have set out to help students answer the many questions they have about campaigns while spotlighting contemporary political science research to help them do so.

Campaigns and Elections

Politics & Social Sciences

Shaw, Daron

Sides, John

Grossmann, Matt

Lipsitz, Keena

Politics & Government

W.W.Norton&Company

Thoroughly and rigorously revised and updated through the 2016 elections, Campaigns and Elections, Third Edition, uses a consistent framework to reveal the strategies and choices that face candidates and other practitioners in the American political system.

The #1 book―now updated through 2018 Thoroughly and rigorously revised and updated through the 2018 elections by an author team of esteemed teacher-scholars. This text uses a consistent framework to reveal the strategies and choices that face candidates and other practitioners in the American political system.

A contemporary and comprehensive approach to campaigns and elections―now updated through the 2012 elections. The leading book in the market―now updated through the 2012 elections―makes a contemporary approach to campaigns and elections accessible and engaging. Based on the authors’ own courses, Campaigns &amp; Elections uses a clear, consistent framework to help students understand the strategies and choices involved in American campaigns and elections. With coverage of elections at the presidential, congressional, state, and local levels, the book’s analysis balances the perspectives of political scientists and campaign practitioners.

Campaigns & Elections: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice

A contemporary and comprehensive approach to campaigns and elections.

A contemporary and comprehensive approach to campaigns and elections. The leading book in the market―now updated through the 2014 elections―Campaigns &amp; Elections provides a balanced and accessible approach to campaign and election coverage. Based on courses taught by the book’s respected author team, the Second Edition brings an authoritative perspective and a clear, consistent framework to reveal the strategies and choices that face candidates and other participants in the American political system.

Campaigns & Elections (Second Edition)

The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election

Vavreck, Lynn

History

Princeton University Press

A unique "moneyball" look at the 2012 U.S. presidential contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
"Game changer." We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference in the contest―and what was just hype? In this groundbreaking book, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck tell the dramatic story of the election―with a big difference. Using an unusual "moneyball" approach and drawing on extensive quantitative data, they look beyond the anecdote, folklore, and conventional wisdom that often pass for election analysis to separate what was truly important from what was irrelevant. The Gamble combines this data with the best social science research and colorful on-the-ground reporting, providing the most accurate and precise account of the election yet written―and the only book of its kind.
In a new preface, the authors reflect on the place of The Gamble in the tradition of presidential election studies, its reception to date, and possible paths for future social science research.

The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election - Updated Edition

Americas

A gripping, in-depth account of the 2016 presidential election that explains Donald Trump’s historic victory
Donald Trump’s election victory stunned the world. How did he pull it off? Was it his appeal to alienated voters in the battleground states? Was it Hillary Clinton and the scandals associated with her long career in politics? Were key factors already in place before the nominees were even chosen? Identity Crisis provides a gripping account of the campaign that appeared to break all the political rules―but in fact didn’t.
Identity Crisis takes readers from the bruising primaries to an election night whose outcome defied the predictions of the pollsters and pundits. The book shows how fundamental characteristics of the nation and its politics―the state of the economy, the Obama presidency, and the demographics of the political parties―combined with the candidates’ personalities and rhetoric to produce one of the most unexpected presidencies in history. Early on, the fundamental characteristics predicted an extremely close election. And even though Trump’s many controversies helped Clinton maintain a comfortable lead for most of the campaign, the prediction of a close election became reality when Americans cast their votes.
Identity Crisis reveals how Trump’s victory was foreshadowed by changes in the Democratic and Republican coalitions that were driven by people’s racial and ethnic identities. The campaign then reinforced and exacerbated those cleavages as it focused on issues related to race, immigration, and religion. The result was an epic battle not just for the White House but about what America is and should be.

Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America

Tesler, Michael

A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the world
Donald Trump’s election victory resulted in one of the most unexpected presidencies in history. Identity Crisis provides the definitive account of the campaign that seemed to break all the political rules―but in fact didn’t. Featuring a new afterword by the authors that discusses the 2018 midterms and today’s emerging political trends, this compelling book describes how Trump’s victory was foreshadowed by changes in the Democratic and Republican coalitions that were driven by people’s racial and ethnic identities, and how the Trump campaign exacerbated these divisions by hammering away on race, immigration, and religion. The result was an epic battle not just for the White House but about what America should be.

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Campaigns and Elections

Campaigns and Elections

Campaigns and Elections

Campaigns & Elections: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice

Campaigns & Elections: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice

Campaigns & Elections (Second Edition)

The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election

The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election - Updated Edition

Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America

Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America