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A Return to Normalcy? : The 2020 Election that (Almost) Broke America - J. Miles Coleman

A Return to Normalcy?

The 2020 Election that (Almost) Broke America

By: J. Miles Coleman (Editor), Professor Larry J. Sabato (Editor), Kyle Kondik (Editor)

Paperback | 12 March 2021

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Up close, Inauguration Day 2021 looked like any otherâ"the chief justice of the US Supreme Court administering the oath of office to the new president on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. But pull the lens back and this was anything but a typical election and transition of power. In A Return to Normalcy?, Larry Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and J. Miles Coleman bring together respected journalists, analysts, and scholars to examine every facet of the stunning 2020 election and its aftermath, and how these events will impact American politics moving forward. In frank, accessible prose, each author offers insight that goes beyond the headlines and dives into the underlying forces and shifts that drove the election from its earliest developments to its chaotic conclusion. A Return to Normalcy? will be an indispensable read for political junkies and all students of American politics.

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The 2020 election was, by any metric, the most controversial in U.S. history. Donald Trump’s long-running rhetoric espousing the false notion of election irregularities culminated in a violent, deadly insurrection in Washington, DC, marking the first time the country did not have a peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next. With the dust just barely settled, veteran political analyst Sabato and a stellar coterie of reporters, pundits, and scholars from the University of Virginia Center for Politics gets first-out-of-the-gate status as they try to make sense of all that went on in the months leading up to and in the aftermath of this unprecedented election cycle. Why were some down-ballot victories unexpected? How did social media messaging influence voter turnout? From demographic patterns to pandemic-delayed primaries, from bitter political divides to profligate super PAC spending, Sabato and company parse the 2020 election via a data-driven set of analytics displayed in useful charts and graphs, drawing conclusions that will satisfy hard-core political junkies and provide a solid foundation for everyone looking ahead to 2022 and 2024.

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