Publisher's Synopsis
"For the first time since Grover Cleveland did so in 1892, a presidential candidate who lost reelection, won in a second attempt. Donald Trump's second White House victory and the Republicans's ability to hold the Senate and House during the 2024 election cycle highlights the seeming, illogic of American politics. In short, over the past eight years, America's politics appears to be in tumult-elections are closer than ever, turning on tens of thousands of votes in a few states, and the parties are taking turns winning The White House and Congress. While these outcomes may look capricious-and illogical-what you'll read in the pages to come suggests a logic that takes a keen eye to appreciate. It is a logic you will appreciate at the end of this course. Obviously, assessment of the extraordinary 2024 election is a major topic of Chapter 11's coverage of voting and elections. Sizing up Biden's term and what we may expect in the second Trum
