Presidential swing states /

"Jacob and Schultz examine in this new and updated volume the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 US presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties, seem repeatedly to be the focus of candidate attention and capable of voting for either of the m...

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Group Author: Schultz, David A. (David Andrew), 1958-; Jacob, Rafael, 1983-
Published: Lexington Books,
Publisher Address: Lanham :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
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Summary: "Jacob and Schultz examine in this new and updated volume the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 US presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties, seem repeatedly to be the focus of candidate attention and capable of voting for either of the major candidates and being decisive in determining who wins the presidency"--
Carrier Form: vi, 398 pages : illustrations, maps, forms ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781793614964
1793614962
Index Number: JK528
CLC: D771.224
Call Number: D771.224/P933/3rd ed.
Contents: Florida : center of presidential attention, but for how long? / Sean D. Foreman -- Battleground Nevada holds steady in 2020 / David F. Damore, Elizabeth Maltby, and Rebecca D. Gill -- Set in granite : New Hampshire as a presidential bellwether / Dante J. Scala -- Reliably purple : the 2020 presidential election in North Carolina / Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts -- Pennsylvania : a bellwether like no other / Christopher Borick and Rafael Jacob -- From blue to red and back again : the future of Wisconsin politics in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election / Neil Kraus and Aaron C. Weinschenk -- Iowa : islands in the stream / Donna R. Hoffman and Christopher W. Larimer -- A state divided : Maine and its continued electoral vote split / James P. Melcher and Amy Fried -- Minnesota : "the one that got away" / David Schultz -- Ohio swings toward the GOP / Nathaniel Swigger -- Michigan : Joe Biden wins the turnout battle / David A. Dulio and John S. Klemanski -- Arizona : the turning tide of change / Kate Kenski -- Georgia : the rebirth of two-party competition in a growing Deep South state / Karen L. Owen -- Nebraska : District Two swinging blue / Kyle Hull -- Politics now is all about the purple battlegrounds / Scott McLean.