Jonathan Cervas

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Jonathan Cervas

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Jonathan’s favorite books

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt

Data Analysis for Politics and Policy by Edward R. Tufte

The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The U... by Alexander Keyssar

The Logic of Collective Action by Mancur Olson

Moneyball by Michael Lewis

Welcome to Your Brain by Sandra Aamodt

The Life of Our Lord by Charles Dickens

Feeling Good by David D. Burns

Brain Rules by John Medina

The Electoral College Primer 2000 by Professor Lawrence D. Longley

How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein

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Blink: The Power ...

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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

by Malcolm Gladwell

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His Very Best: Ji...

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His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life

by Jonathan Alter (Goodreads Author)

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The Heiress of Pittsburgh

by Ken Gormley

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Book cover for The Turnout Myth: Voting Rates and Partisan Outcomes in American National Elections

The Turnout Myth: Voting Rates and Partisan Outcomes in American National Elections by Daron R. Shaw

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If one side appears certain to win an election, no one has an incentive to participate.

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Well, if voters like to support winners, it don’t like when their person loses, wouldn’t winners supporters be more likely to turn out?

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