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Informationen zum Autor Larry J. Sabato is a New York Times best–selling author, four-time Emmy winner, and one of the nation’s most respected political analysts. A frequent guest on major networks such as CNN, BBC, and CNN International, he provides sharp, insightful commentary on American politics. A Rhodes Scholar, Sabato is the founder and director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, and has held visiting appointments at Oxford and Cambridge universities. Over his distinguished career, he has taught over 20,000 students in his career, earning the Thomas Jefferson Award, the University of Virginia’s highest honor. In 2021 he celebrated his 50th year of association with the University of Virginia. Sabato has authored or edited more than two dozen books on American politics. Kyle Kondik is the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the Center’s nonpartisan newsletter on American campaigns and elections. Klappentext In this timely 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Blue Wave: Trump at Midterm, Larry J. Sabato 2. The Trump Effect: The 2018 Midterm Election as a Referendum on a Polarizing President, Alan I. Abramowitz 3. The Primaries of 2018: Democrats Shine in the Era of Trump, Rhodes Cook 4. Humpty-Dumpty's Fall: How Trump's Winning Presidential Coalition Broke Down in 2018, David Byler 5. The House: Where the BlueWave Hit the Hardest, Kyle Kondik 6. How Republicans Picked up Senate Seats during a Blue Wave, James Hohmann 7. The Governors: Democratic Wave Falls Short of a Wipeout, Madelaine Pisani 8. The Money Wars: Emerging Campaign Finance Trends and Their Impact on 2018 and Beyond, Michael E. Toner and Karen E. Trainer 9. Women Rule: 2018 Midterms Bring Surge of Women to Congress, Emily C. Singer 10. Hindsight in 2020: Black Voting Behavior and the Next Presidential Election, Theodore R. Johnson 11. The Brown Tide and the Blue Wave in 2018, Matt Barreto, Gary Segura, and Albert Morales 12. Presidential Media and the Midterm Elections, Diana Owen 13. Foresight in 2020: New Features of the Democratic Delegate Selection Rules, Joshua T. Putnam 14. Was 2018 a Wave Election? Sean Trende Index About the Contributors ...