Campaigns and Elections

The #1 book, thoroughly revised to reflect how elections work today. Updated through the pivotal 2024 elections, the Fifth Edition of Campaigns and Elections uses a consistent framework to help students understand the strategies and choices that face candidates and other campaign professionals in the American political system. The authors incorporate illuminating contemporary research and data, encouraging students to think critically about the American electoral system and make sense of how campaigns work. Highlights of the Fifth Edition’s new content: New coverage of the 2024 elections, including President Biden’s decision to leave the race, the nomination of Vice President Harris, analysis of the Harris and Trump campaigns’ strategies, the major issues shaping the 2024 campaigns, examination of the role of incumbency on Congressional campaigns, and more. New insights into artificial intelligence’s effect on misinformation and how it is influencing U.S. elections, parties, and candidates, New data on how party rules around primaries shape who wins party nominations.