Trumped

Edited by Larry Sabato; Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

In 2016, Donald Trump broke almost all the rules of politics to win the Republican nomination and, even more improbably, to edge out heavily favored Hillary Clinton in one of the great upsets in presidential campaign history. In Trumped: The 2016 Election That Broke All the Rules, Larry Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley, leading experts in American politics, bring together respected journalists, analysts, and scholars to examine every facet of the stunning 2016 election and what its improbable outcome will mean for the nation moving forward under a Trump administration. 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 dramatic conclusion as one of the greatest upsets in presidential campaign history. Trumped will be an indispensable read for political junkies and all students of American politics.Contributions by Alan Abramowitz, Matt Barreto, David Byler, Anthony Cilluffo, Rhodes Cook, Robert Costa, Ariel Edwards-Levy, Natalie Jackson, Kyle Kondik, Susan MacManus, Diana Owen, Ron Rapoport, Larry Sabato, Greg Sargent, Tom Schaller, Gary Segura, Geoffrey Skelley, Walter Stone, Michael Toner, Karen Trainer, Sean Trende, and Janie Valencia.

Introduction and Acknowledgments1. The 2016 Election that Broke All, or At Least Most, of the Rules, by Larry J. Sabato2. Demographic Coalitions: How Trump Picked the Democratic Lock and Won the Presidency, by David Byler3. Straight Tickets for Senate, Some Split Tickets for Governor: The 2016 Senate and Gubernatorial Elections, by Geoffrey Skelley4. House 2016: The Republicans Endure, by Kyle Kondik5. Presidential Primaries: A Hit at the Ballot Box, by Rhodes Cook6. Donald Trump and a GOP Primary Race Like No Other, by Robert Costa7. "Feel the Bern," Hillary's Agonizing Loss, and the Future of the Democratic Party, by Greg Sargent8. Latinos and the 2016 Election, by Matt Barreto, Thomas Schaller, and Gary Segura9. The Sources of Trump's Support, by Ronald Rapoport and Walt Stone10. Polling in the 2016 Election, by Ariel Edwards-Levy, Natalie Jackson, and Janie Velencia11. Twitter Rants, Press Bashing, and Fake News: The Shameful Legacy of Media in the 2016 Election, by Diana Owen12. The Seven-Billion-Dollar Election: Emerging Campaign Finance Trends and their Impact on the 2016 Presidential Race and Beyond, by Michael E. Toner and Karen E. Trainer13. It Wasn't the Economy, Stupid: Racial Polarization, White Racial Resentment, and the Rise of Trump, by Alan I. Abramowitz14. The "Emerging Democratic Majority" Fails to Emerge, by Sean Trende15. Ten Takeaways from Campaign 2016 and a Look Forward, by Susan A. MacManus and Anthony A. CilluffoNotesIndexAbout the Contributors