The blue wave : the 2018 midterms and what they mean for the 2020 elections / Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sabato, Larry, editor.

Kondik, Kyle, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Elections, 2018.

United States.

United States. Congress--Elections, 2020.

United States. Congress.

Presidents--United States--Election--2020.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.

Politics and government.

Elections.

Presidents--Election.

Physical Description:

viii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

Early results on election night suggested that Democrats had failed to make significant gains in the 2018 midterms. After all the votes were counted, a blue wave crashed on American electoral politics as Democrats won the House the Representatives and made significant gains at the state and local levels. In this 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. In frank, accessible prose, each author offers insight that goes beyond the headlines, and dives into the underlying forces and shifts that drove the election from its earliest developments to its eventual conclusion, long after the polls closed. -- Publisher.

Contents:

The blue wave : Trump at midterm / Larry J. Sabato

The Trump effect : the 2018 midterm election as a referendum on a polarizing president / Alan I. Abramowitz

The primaries : Democrats shine in the shadow of Trump / Rhodes Cook

Humpty Dumpty's fall : how Trump's winning presidential coalition broke down in 2018 / David Byler

The House : where the blue wave hit the hardest / Kyle Kondik

The Senate : the Republicans' bright spot / James Hohmann

The governors : Democratic wave falls short of a wipeout / Madelaine Pisani

The money wars : emerging campaign finance trends and their impact on 2018 and beyond / Michael Toner and Karen Trainer

Women rule : the surge of women in Congress / Emily C. Singer

Hindsight in 2020 : black voting behavior and the next presidential election / Theodore R. Johnson

The brown tide and the blue wave in 2018 / Matt Barreto, Gary Segura, and Albert Morales

Presidential media and the midterm elections / Diana Owen

Foresight is 2020 : new features of the Democratic delegate selection rules / Joshua T. Putnam

Was 2018 a wave election? / Sean Trende.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781538125267

1538125269

9781538125274

1538125277

OCLC:

1082404960