Trumped: the 2016 election that broke all the rules

In 2016, Donald Trump broke almost all the rules of politics to win the Republican nomination and, even more importantly, to edge out heavily favored Hillary Clinton in one of the greatest upsets in presidential campaign history. In Trumped: The 2016 Election That Broke All the Rules, Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley, leading experts in American politics, bring together respected journalists, analysts, and scholars to examine every fact 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. Trumped will be an indispensable read for political junkies and all students of American politics. -- Back cover.

The 2016 election that broke all, or at least most, of the rules / Larry J. Sabato -- Demographic coalitions : how Trump picked the Democratic lock and won the presidency / David Byler -- Straight tickets for Senate, split tickets for governor : the 2016 Senate and gubernatorial elections / Geoffrey Skelley -- House 2016 : the Republicans endure / Kyle Kondik -- Presidential primaries : a hit at the ballot box / Rhodes Cook -- Donald Trump and a GOP primary race like no other / Robert Costa -- "Feel the Bern:" Hillary's agonizing loss and the future of the Democratic Party / Greg Sargent -- Latinos and the 2016 election / Matt Barreto, Thomas Schaller, and Gary Segura -- The sources of Trump's support / Ronald B. Rapoport and Walter J. Stone -- Polling in the 2016 election / Ariel Edwards-Levy, Natalie Jackson, and Janie Velencia -- Twitter rants, press bashing, and fake news : the shameful legacy of media in the 2016 election / Diana Owen -- The $7 billion election : emerging campaign finance trends and their impact on the 2016 presidential race and beyond / Michael E. Toner and Karen E. Trainer -- It wasn't the economy, stupid : racial polarization, white racial resentment, and …