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Blue Wave: The 2018 Midterms and What They Mean for the 2020 Elections
In this timely book, Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik bring together respected journalists and academics from across the political spectrum to examine every facet of the 2018 election, and what its outcome portends for our national politics and the coming 2020 presidential election.
Book Details
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publish Date: Jun 5th, 2019
- Pages: 302
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.63in - 0.89lb
- EAN: 9781538125274
- Categories: • Political Process - Campaigns & Elections• American Government - State
About the Author
Larry J. Sabato is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and director of its Center for Politics. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books on American politics and elections.
Kyle Kondik is managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia Center for Politics' nonpartisan newsletter on American campaigns and elections. He is the author of The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President (2016).Praise for this book
It is unusual for a collection of academic essays to flow as though written by a single author or pair of authors. The Blue Wave, edited by Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik, does so. Any political scientist prepping courses on elections for next year, media pundits wanting to sound more knowledgeable, or political consultants seeking to give clients good advice must read this book. Its initial chapters provide an excellent, detailed retelling of the 2018 election. It moves on to "slice and dice" the role of different demographic constituencies in the outcome of the election. Lastly, the book does two things. First, it sets up how, if what was observed as widespread group behavior continues through 2020, the 2020 presidential election may be impacted. Second, it defines a wave election while simultaneously determining whether the 2018 election was a wave. Wave or not, the 2018 election was certainly significant, and Sabato and Kondik have assembled knowledgeable experts who write well and detail the election in a compelling way.
Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
Praise for Larry Sabato's Barack Obama and the New America (2012)
This book will serve as an excellent introduction to the science of politics as well as an update for experts in the field. Highly recommended." -- CHOICE
. . . . [An] impressively informative book. The essays are clear and well written, and though the focus runs toward trends and demographics rather than policy, the collection paints a cogent if predictable picture of the election. -- Publishers Weekly
Looking beyond the headlines of political reporting on what many view as a very long and drawn-out presidential race, political scholar Sabato offers broader and deeper analysis through 12 contributors, journalists, analysts, and academics. Contributors, including Nate Cohn of the New Republic, Robert Costa of National Review, a former chairman of the Federal Elections Commission, and the publisher of Congressional Quarterly, offer keen analysis on a wide range of topics from voting patterns to press coverage to the impact of outside funding. -- Booklist
Just about every aspect of the last election is analyzed....The essays are compelling and most are buttressed by invaluable data.-- Voice of Reason
This book will serve as an excellent introduction to the science of politics as well as an update for experts in the field. Highly recommended." -- CHOICE
. . . . [An] impressively informative book. The essays are clear and well written, and though the focus runs toward trends and demographics rather than policy, the collection paints a cogent if predictable picture of the election. -- Publishers Weekly
Looking beyond the headlines of political reporting on what many view as a very long and drawn-out presidential race, political scholar Sabato offers broader and deeper analysis through 12 contributors, journalists, analysts, and academics. Contributors, including Nate Cohn of the New Republic, Robert Costa of National Review, a former chairman of the Federal Elections Commission, and the publisher of Congressional Quarterly, offer keen analysis on a wide range of topics from voting patterns to press coverage to the impact of outside funding. -- Booklist
Just about every aspect of the last election is analyzed....The essays are compelling and most are buttressed by invaluable data.-- Voice of Reason