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Election analyst Kyle Kondik examines House elections since the 1964 Supreme Court "one person, one vote" rulings to explain the Republicans' consistent advantage from their 1994 takeover to the present.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Introduction From Dark Blue to Light Red
Data, Definitions, and Methodology
1. The Partisan Consequences of the Reapportionment: Revolution in the United States House of Representatives, 1964–74
2. Two The Roots of the Republican Revolution, 1976–94
3. The House from 1996 to 2020: A Persistent but not Unassailable Republican Edge
Conclusion A Half Century of Change in the House
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
About the author
Kyle Kondik is one of the nation's top analysts of US House elections. He is the managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan election forecasting newsletter published by the University of Virginia Center for Politics. He is the author of The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President, also from Ohio University Press, and has edited and contributed to several recent books on US elections. As a frequently cited expert on American politics, Kondik has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, PBS NewsHour, and Comedy Central's The Daily Show, and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Politico Magazine, and other publications.
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Election analyst Kyle Kondik examines House elections since the 1964 Supreme Court “one person, one vote” rulings to explain the Republicans' consistent advantage from their 1994 takeover to the present.
