Douglas J. Clouatre

Presidential Upsets (eBook, ePUB)

Dark Horses, Underdogs, and Corrupt Bargains

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This unique book examines election upsets in American presidential campaigns, offers in-depth analysis of several surprising election results, and explains why the front-running candidate lost.

Controversial and unexpected presidential election results have occurred throughout American history. Presidential Upsets: Dark Horses, Underdogs, and Corrupt Bargains carefully examines eleven presidential upsets spread across two centuries of American history, ranking these election upsets by order of magnitude and allowing readers to compare the issues and processes of American elections.

After an introductory chapter that establishes the factors that contribute to a presidential upset, such as the comparative advantages of candidates, the issues facing the candidates and electorate, and the political environment during the election, the book offers in-depth analysis of notable surprise election results and explains why the front-running candidate lost. Each major period of American history-such as the Jacksonian period, the Antebellum era, Reconstruction, World War I, the Cold War era, and the post-Cold War era-is covered. The author utilizes primary and secondary sources of material to provide contemporary and historical analysis of these elections, and bases his analysis upon criteria used by political scientists to predict presidential election results.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216132028
• Artikelnr.: 68347576

Autorenporträt

Douglas Clouatre, PhD, is a political science and history instructor.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 Anatomy of a Presidential Upset 2 The Catholic President: Nixon versus Kennedy
1960 3 The Narrowest of Margins: Garfield versus Hancock
1880 4 The Court Rules for.: Bush versus Gore
2000 5 The Ugliest Campaign: Adams versus Jefferson
1800 6 Between Clevelands: Harrison versus Cleveland
1888 7 The Hand of God: Jackson versus Quincy Adams versus Clay versus Crawford
1824 8 The Election That Would Not End: Tilden versus Hayes
1876 9 Give 'em Hell Harry versus the Bridegroom: Truman versus Dewey
1948 10 The Smartest Election: Hughes versus Wilson
1916 11 The Independent Candidate: Taylor versus Cass
1848 12 The Greatest Upset: The War Horse versus the Dark Horse
1844 13 Presidential Upsets: Past
Present
and Future Notes Bibliography Index