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Book SynopsisEarly results on election night suggested that Democrats had failed to make significant gains in the 2018 midterms. After all the votes were counted, a blue wave crashed on American electoral politics as Democrats won the House the Representatives and made significant gains at the state and local levels. In this book, Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik bring together respected journalists and academics from across the political spectrum to examine every facet of the 2018 election, and what its outcome portends for our national politics and the coming 2020 presidential election. 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 eventual conclusion, long after the polls closed. Contributions by Matt Barreto, David Byler, Rhodes Cook, James Hohmann, Theodore Johnson, Kyle Kondik, Diana Owen, Madelaine Pisani, Josh Putnam, Larry Sabato, Emily Cahn Singer, Sean Trende, Michael Toner, and Karen Trainer.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The Blue Wave: Trump at Midterm, Larry J. Sabato Chapter 2: The Trump Effect: The 2018 Midterm Election as a Referendum on a Polarizing President, Alan I. Abramowitz Chapter 3: The Primaries: Democrats Shine in the Shadow of Trump, Rhodes Cook Chapter 4: Humpty Dumpty’s Fall: How Trump’s Winning Presidential Coalition Broke Down in 2018, David Byler Chapter 5: The House: Where the Blue Wave Hit the Hardest, Kyle Kondik Chapter 6: The Senate: The Republicans' Bright Spot, James Hohmann Chapter 7: The Governors: Democratic Wave Falls Short of a Wipeout, Madelaine Pisani Chapter 8: The Money Wars: Emerging Campaign Finance Trends and Their Impact on 2018 and Beyond, Michael Toner and Karen Trainer Chapter 9: Women Rule: The Surge of Women in Congress, Emily C. Singer Chapter 10: Hindsight in 2020: Black Voting Behavior and the Next Presidential Election, Theodore R. Johnson Chapter 11: Hispanics in the 2018 midterm, Matt Barreto, Gary Segura, and Albert Morales Chapter 12: Presidential Media and the Midterm Elections, Diana Owen Chapter 13: The Upcoming Battle for the 2020 Presidential Nomination(s), Putnam Chapter 14: Was 2018 a Wave Election?, Sean Trende About the Contributors Index
