The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election - Updated Edition

by Lynn Vavreck and John Sides

Book Overview

A unique "moneyball" look at the 2012 U.S. presidential contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney

"Game changer." We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference in the contest-and what was just hype? In this groundbreaking book, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck tell the dramatic story of the election-with a big difference. Using an unusual "moneyball" approach and drawing on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691163634
• ISBN13: 9780691163635
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"