The gamble: choice and chance in the 2012 presidential election

""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 differe...

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Beteiligte Personen: Sides, John (VerfasserIn), Vavreck, Lynn 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ [u.a.] Princeton Univ. Press 2013
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Zusammenfassung:""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, they look beyond the anecdote, folklore, and conventional wisdom that often pass for election analysis. Instead, they draw on extensive quantitative data about the economy, public opinion, news coverage, and political advertising to separate what was truly important from
Umfang:XVIII, 331 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780691156880