The roads to Congress 2020 : campaigning in the era of Trump and COVID-19

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Full Title:: The roads to Congress 2020 : campaigning in the era of Trump and COVID-19 / Sean D. Foreman, Marcia L. Godwin, Walter Clark Wilson, editors

Additional Author/Creators:: Foreman, Sean D., 1969-, editor
Godwin, Marcia L., editor
Wilson, Walter Clark, editor

Subjects:: United States.Congress--Elections, 2020
Political campaigns--United States--History--21st century
Political campaigns--United States--History--21st century--Case studies
Elections--United States--History--21st century
Elections--United States--History--21st century--Case studies
United States--Politics and government--2017-2021

Summary:: This book analyzes changes to campaigning and voting in the United States in 2020. The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 upended traditional campaign strategies, posed unprecedented challenges to candidates, and possessed the potential to fundamentally alter how campaigns think about running for office. At the same time, the Trump administrations divisive handling of twin crises stemming from the pandemic and rising racial tensions loomed over congressional races as the most disruptive election cycle in living memory. The ramifications of the 2020 congressional elections for the direction of public policy in Americaand perhaps for American democracy itselfcannot be overstated. The Roads to Congress 2020 examines key House and Senate campaigns, candidates, and controversies in the 2020 election to reveal what accounts for the outcomes and point the way to Americas political future.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xxii, 334 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm