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The Gamble : Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election - Updated Edition / John Sides, Lynn Vavreck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sides, John, author.
- Vavreck, Lynn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voting--United States--Religious aspects.
- Voting.
- Elections--United States--Demographic aspects.
- Elections.
- Political campaigns--United States--History--21st century.
- Political campaigns.
- Presidents--United States--Election--2012.
- Presidents.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Updated edition with a New Preface by the authors
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Game changer." We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference in the contest-and what was just hype? In this groundbreaking book, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck tell the dramatic story of the election-with a big difference. Using an unusual "moneyball" approach and drawing on extensive quantitative data, they look beyond the anecdote, folklore, and conventional wisdom that often pass for election analysis to separate what was truly important from what was irrelevant. The Gamble combines this data with the best social science research and colorful on-the-ground reporting, providing the most accurate and precise account of the election yet written-and the only book of its kind.In a new preface, the authors reflect on the place of The Gamble in the tradition of presidential election studies, its reception to date, and possible paths for future social science research.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Foreword / Myers, Charles T.
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Ante Up
- Chapter 2: The Hand You're Dealt
- Chapter 3: Random, or Romney?
- Chapter 4: All In
- Chapter 5: High Rollers
- Chapter 6: The Action
- Chapter 7: The Winning Hand
- Chapter 8: Cashing In
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-322) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781400852277
- 1400852277
- 9780691163635
- 0691163634
- 9781400848003
- 1400848008
- OCLC:
- 1132222058
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