The Unprecedented 2016 Presidential Election

• Main Author: Bitecofer, Rachel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: United States-Politics and government.; Elections.; Political sociology.; US Politics.; Electoral Politics.; Political Sociology.

This book explains the 2016 presidential election through a strategic focus. In the primaries both parties faced challenges from insurgent outsiders riding waves of populist fervor in the electorate, but only the Democrats were able to steer the nomination into the hands of their establishment favor...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Pitchforks and Torches
• 3. The Party Nominations
• 4. Donald J. Trump: The Making of a Media Event
• 5. The Party Decides?
• 6. The General Election
• 7. Everybody Sucks 2016
• 8. A Tale of Two Campaigns
• 9. Why Clinton (Really) Lost. .