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Political Behavior of the American Electorate
The 2016 elections took place under intense political polarization and uncertain economic conditions, to widely unexpected results. How did Trump pull off his victory? Political Behavior of the American Electorate , Fourteenth Edition, attempts to answer this question by interpreting data from the most recent American National Election Study to provide a thorough analysis of the 2016 elections and the current American political behavior. Authors Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and Michael Wagner continue the tradition of Flanigan and Zingale to illustrate and document trends in American political behavior with the best longitudinal data available. The authors also put these trends in context by focusing on the major concepts and characteristics that shape Americans’ responses to politics. In the completely revised Fourteenth Edition , you will explore get-out-the-vote efforts and the reasons people voted the way they did, as well as the nature and impact of partisanship, news media coverage, and other issues in 2016―all with an eye toward understanding the trends that led up to the historic decision.
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344 pages, Paperback
Published February 14, 2018
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October 17, 2018
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There are a few things I can fully say about the “Political Behavior of the American Electorate”. One would be how amazing it was at going in depth about the electoral college (The system in which the United States elects its president). The book went into American politics such as the 2016 Election but made sure it was from a moderate perspective instead of a leaning one side or the other. The authors of the book focused on a lot of topics in relation to today’s standard as considered controversial and focused on facts based on various studies. The author’s also grabbed sources from every realm of the political spectrum to be fair and not show any bias. From and educational stand point I would recommend this book to anyone because it showed many different chart’s on different trends the United States has had on key issues and showed trends on different age groups, minority groups and even on sex/gender and how they voted, it also showed the demographic of where the voters voted most and which they would lean depending on the city and state. This book was defiantly the most interesting and educational book I have ever read over this certain subject.
There are a few things I can fully say about the “Political Behavior of the American Electorate”. One would be how amazing it was at going in depth about the electoral college (The system in which the United States elects its president). The book went into American politics such as the 2016 Election but made sure it was from a moderate perspective instead of a leaning one side or the other. The authors of the book focused on a lot of topics in relation to today’s standard as considered controversial and focused on facts based on various studies. The author’s also grabbed sources from every realm of the political spectrum to be fair and not show any bias. From and educational stand point I would recommend this book to anyone because it showed many different chart’s on different trends the United States has had on key issues and showed trends on different age groups, minority groups and even on sex/gender and how they voted, it also showed the demographic of where the voters voted most and which they would lean depending on the city and state. This book was defiantly the most interesting and educational book I have ever read over this certain subject.
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