Defying the Odds

The 2016 Elections and American Politics, Post 2018 Election Update

By (author) James W. Ceaser, Andrew E. Busch, John J. Pitney Jr.

Not available to order

Publication date:

11 February 2019

Length of book:

248 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781538129234

Now updated to include the 2018 midterms and previewing the coming 2020 election cycle, Defying the Odds provides the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the national election, including the presidential nomination process and election and congressional elections. With its keen insights into the issues and events that drove the 2016 election, Defying the Odds will be an invaluable resource for students and all political observers seeking to understand an election that was decades in the making and will continue to resonate throughout American politics for many years to come.

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Twenty-Four Years Later: 1992 and 2016
Chapter 2: From Little Rock to Chappaqua: The Democratic Nomination Contest
Chapter 3: Trumped: The Republican Nomination Contest
Chapter 4: Race to the Bottom: The General Election
Chapter 5: Red Down the Ballot: Congressional and State Elections
Chapter 6: Aftermath and Future

Epilogue: The 2018 Election
Index
About the Authors

The series has been popular with political scientists teaching courses on American elections, and with good reason. Ceaser, Busch, and Pitney are astute election analysts, knowledgeable about American history, institutions, and principles. They write clear prose, with due attention to both trees and forest.... Meanwhile, our wild ride continues, and Ceaser, Busch, and Pitney give one of the best accounts of the track just behind us.