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The Elections of 2020 is a timely, comprehensive, scholarly, and engagingly written account of the 2020 elections. It features essays by an all-star team of political scientists in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 general election, chronicling every stage of the presidential race as well as the coterminous congressional elections, paying additional attention to the role of the media and campaign finance in the process. Broad in coverage and bolstered by tables and figures presenting exit polls and voting results in the primaries, caucuses, and the general election, these essays discuss the consequences of these elections for the presidency, Congress, and the larger political system.

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An invaluable resource, Elections of 2020 features essays by a distinguished group of political scientists who place the presidential, congressional and state elections in a large political and historical context. But the mandate for this all-star cast was especially challenging: to examine an unprecedented and tumultuous turn of events that severely tested the foundations of American democracy. --Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia, author of Rivalry and Reform: Presidents, Social Movements, and the Transformation of American Politics Written by first-rate scholars, The Elections of 2020 is the go-to book for post-presidential election analysis, both for the great diversity of perspectives and for the depth of coverage it offers. --Richard J. Ellis, Willamette University, author of The Development of the American Presidency

"[ The Elections of 2020] works hard to present the facts of what happened in the 2020 election cycle without spin or partisanship. It is an important record and will serve as an excellent place to start our collective consideration of where American elections are going in the future. It would be an excellent addition to an undergraduate class on elections. Unlike so many things that have been written about the Trump era of American politics, this is a good and useful book. The editor and contributors should be commended for their efforts to accurately chronicle and discuss one of the strangest and most controversial times in modern American politics. -- ""Perspectives on Politics"" An invaluable resource, Elections of 2020 features essays by a distinguished group of political scientists who place the presidential, congressional and state elections in a large political and historical context. But the mandate for this all-star cast was especially challenging: to examine an unprecedented and tumultuous turn of events that severely tested the foundations of American democracy. --Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia Written by first-rate scholars, The Elections of 2020 is the go-to book for post-presidential election analysis, both for the great diversity of perspectives and for the depth of coverage it offers. --Richard J. Ellis, Willamette University"

[ The Elections of 2020] works hard to present the facts of what happened in the 2020 election cycle without spin or partisanship. It is an important record and will serve as an excellent place to start our collective consideration of where American elections are going in the future. It would be an excellent addition to an undergraduate class on elections. Unlike so many things that have been written about the Trump era of American politics, this is a good and useful book. The editor and contributors should be commended for their efforts to accurately chronicle and discuss one of the strangest and most controversial times in modern American politics. -- ""Perspectives on Politics"" An invaluable resource, Elections of 2020 features essays by a distinguished group of political scientists who place the presidential, congressional and state elections in a large political and historical context. But the mandate for this all-star cast was especially challenging: to examine an unprecedented and tumultuous turn of events that severely tested the foundations of American democracy. --Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia Written by first-rate scholars, The Elections of 2020 is the go-to book for post-presidential election analysis, both for the great diversity of perspectives and for the depth of coverage it offers. --Richard J. Ellis, Willamette University

Written by first-rate scholars, The Elections of 2020 is the go-to book for post-presidential election analysis, both for the great diversity of perspectives and for the depth of coverage it offers. --Richard J. Ellis, Willamette University The Development of the American Presidency

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Michael Nelson is Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College, a Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, and author of Clinton's Elections: 1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance.

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