Presidential Upsets
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Presidential Upsets

Dark Horses, Underdogs, and Corrupt Bargains

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Presidential Upsets

Dark Horses, Underdogs, and Corrupt Bargains

About this book

This unique book examines election upsets in American presidential campaigns, offers in-depth analysis of several surprising election results, and explains why the front-running candidate lost. Controversial and unexpected presidential election results have occurred throughout American history. Presidential Upsets: Dark Horses, Underdogs, and Corrupt Bargains carefully examines eleven presidential upsets spread across two centuries of American history, ranking these election upsets by order of magnitude and allowing readers to compare the issues and processes of American elections. After an introductory chapter that establishes the factors that contribute to a presidential upset, such as the comparative advantages of candidates, the issues facing the candidates and electorate, and the political environment during the election, the book offers in-depth analysis of notable surprise election results and explains why the front-running candidate lost. Each major period of American history—such as the Jacksonian period, the Antebellum era, Reconstruction, World War I, the Cold War era, and the post-Cold War era—is covered. The author utilizes primary and secondary sources of material to provide contemporary and historical analysis of these elections, and bases his analysis upon criteria used by political scientists to predict presidential election results.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1 – Anatomy of a Presidential Upset
  7. 2 – The Catholic President: Nixon versus Kennedy, 1960
  8. 3 – The Narrowest of Margins: Garfield versus Hancock, 1880
  9. 4 – The Court Rules for . . . : Bush versus Gore, 2000
  10. 5 – The Ugliest Campaign: Adams versus Jefferson, 1800
  11. 6 – Between Clevelands: Harrison versus Cleveland, 1888
  12. 7 – The Hand of God: Jackson versus Quincy Adams versus Clay versus Crawford, 1824
  13. 8 – The Election That Would Not End: Tilden versus Hayes, 1876
  14. 9 – Give 'em Hell Harry versus the Bridegroom: Truman versus Dewey, 1948
  15. 10 – The Smartest Election: Hughes versus Wilson, 1916
  16. 11 – The Independent Candidate: Taylor versus Cass, 1848
  17. 12 – The Greatest Upset: The War Horse versus the Dark Horse, 1844
  18. 13 – Presidential Upsets: Past, Present, and Future
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. About the Author