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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

by Malcolm Gladwell

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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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