Predicting the Next President: The Keys to the White House, 2024

by Allan J. Lichtman

Overview

In the updated 2024 edition of this classic text, Lichtman applies the keys to every presidential election since 1860 and shows readers the current state of the 2024 race. In doing so, he dispels much of the mystery behind electoral politics and challenges many traditional assumptions. An indispensable resource for political junkies!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798881800710
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/01/2024
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Allan J. Lichtman is Distinguished Professor of History at American University. He has provided commentary to major media outlets worldwide and written thirteen books, including White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement, The Embattled Vote in America: From the Founding to the Present, and 13 Cracks: Repairing American Democracy After Trump.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Logic of the Keys: How Presidential Elections Really Work
2 Turning the Keys to the Presidency
3 Civil War and Reconstruction
4 The Gilded Age
5 Rise and Fall of Progressivism
6 Depression, War, and Cold War
7 New Directions, War, and Scandal
8 Reagan and Beyond
9 A False Dawn for Democrats: 1996-2004
10 The Winds of Political Change
11 Stability in the White House: 2012
12 2016-2020: America’s Trumped-Up Politics
13 Biden’s Redux at 81?
14 Lessons of the Keys: Toward a New Presidential Politics
Notes
Index
About the Author