The Keys to the White House: A Surefire Guide to Predicting the Next President - Softcover

Lichtman, Allan J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742562700 ISBN 13: 9780742562707

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

With The Keys to the White House: A Surefire Guide to Predicting the Next President, average citizens are giving the pollsters and pundits a run for their money. In this book, prominent political analyst and historian Allan J. Lichtman presents thirteen historical factors, or keys (four political, seven performance, and two personality), that determine the outcome of presidential elections. In the chronological, successful application of these keys to every election since 1860—including the 2000 election where Al Gore was predicted to and did indeed win the popular vote, and the 2004 contest for Bushs reelection—Lichtman dispels much of the mystery behind electoral politics and challenges many traditional assumptions. Scholars of the electoral process, their students, and general readers who want to get a head-start on calling Decision 2008 should not miss this book.

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About the Author

Allan J. Lichtman teaches history at American University in Washington, D.C. He is a regular political analyst for CNN Headline News and also provides political commentary for national networks and newspapers. He is the author of White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement. He has published more than one hundred scholarly and popular articles that have appeared in such journals and newspapers as the American Historical Review, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, New Republic, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742562700
• ISBN 13: 9780742562707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220