US Presidential Campaigns and Elections (nonfiction)
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The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
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Thurston Clarke
4.28 avg rating — 3,742 ratings 5. 
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail
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Charles Osgood
3.13 avg rating — 157 ratings 5. 
The Carnival Campaign: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" Changed Presidential Elections Forever
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Ronald G. Shafer
3.92 avg rating — 120 ratings 
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The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign
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Thomas Oliphant
4.07 avg rating — 399 ratings 9. 
1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm
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Susan Dunn
4.16 avg rating — 300 ratings 10. 
Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History
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John Dickerson
4.02 avg rating — 919 ratings 11. 
Lincoln's Pathfinder: John C. Frémont and the Violent Election of 1856
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John Bicknell
3.70 avg rating — 66 ratings 11. 
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
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John Heilemann
4.13 avg rating — 22,715 ratings 13. 
The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters
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Karl Rove
3.59 avg rating — 664 ratings 14. 
Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
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Joseph Cummins
3.71 avg rating — 485 ratings 14. 
Hope, Fear & Elections: How Cultural Cycles Predict Who Wins The White House
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Tyler Clark
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings 14. 
Clean for Gene: Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential Campaign
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George Rising
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 17. 
The Eighteen-Day Running Mate: McGovern, Eagleton, and a Campaign in Crisis 4.19 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Right from the start;: A chronicle of the McGovern campaign
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Gary Hart
4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings 
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Down for the Count: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America
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Andrew Gumbel
3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings 20. 
Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War
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Richard Moe
4.07 avg rating — 83 ratings 
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Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics 4.41 avg rating — 2,637 ratings
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Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election
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Stephen Kendrick
4.30 avg rating — 398 ratings 
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Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States
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Edward B. Foley
4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings 28. 
Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield 4.14 avg rating — 2,939 ratings
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The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown
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Richard L. Hasen
3.80 avg rating — 83 ratings 30. 
Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War 3.98 avg rating — 385 ratings
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Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America
by:
Dan Balz
3.77 avg rating — 731 ratings 32. 
The Big Enchilada: Campaign Adventures with the Cockeyed Optimists from Texas Who Won the Biggest Prize in Politics
by:
Stuart Stevens
3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings 33. 
Off Script: An Advance Man’s Guide to White House Stagecraft, Campaign Spectacle, and Political Suicide
by:
Josh King
3.55 avg rating — 170 ratings 
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
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Rick Perlstein
4.25 avg rating — 10,667 ratings 35. 
The Battle for Florida: An Annotated Compendium of Materials from the 2000 Presidential Election it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Lady Bird and Lyndon: The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President 3.97 avg rating — 586 ratings
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America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed a Nation
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John Bicknell
3.93 avg rating — 101 ratings 40. 
Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President
by:
Harold Holzer
4.22 avg rating — 947 ratings 40. 
The Men and the Moment: The Election of 1968 and the Rise of Partisan Politics in America
by:
Aram Goudsouzian
4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings 42. 
Almost President: The Men Who Lost The Race But Changed The Nation
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Scott Farris
3.89 avg rating — 388 ratings 42. 
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American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division
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Michael Cohen
4.22 avg rating — 188 ratings 45. 
They Said This Day Would Never Come: Chasing the Dream on Obama's Improbable Campaign 4.39 avg rating — 230 ratings
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Votes of Confidence: A Young Person's Guide to American Elections
by:
Jeff Fleischer
4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings 49. 
A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
by:
Edward J. Larson
3.85 avg rating — 1,025 ratings 49. 
October Surprise: America's Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald Reagan
by:
Gary G. Sick
3.82 avg rating — 77 ratings 51. 
Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign 3.71 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Oh, Waiter! One Order of Crow!: Inside the Strangest Presidential Election Finish in American History
by:
Jeff Greenfield
3.68 avg rating — 50 ratings 53. 
American Cyclone: Theodore Roosevelt and His 1900 Whistle-Stop Campaign
by:
John M. Hilpert
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 54. 
Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics 4.41 avg rating — 2,637 ratings
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Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election
by:
Jeffrey Toobin
3.94 avg rating — 785 ratings 55. 
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, And The Campaign Of 1912
by:
Gerard Helferich
3.80 avg rating — 194 ratings 58. 
The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828 3.69 avg rating — 406 ratings
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Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876
by:
Roy Morris Jr.
3.67 avg rating — 522 ratings 
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Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party
by:
Jon Ward
4.02 avg rating — 839 ratings 65. 
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Humanity: How Jimmy Carter Lost an Election and Transformed the Post-Presidency 4.14 avg rating — 140 ratings
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Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
by:
John Ferling
3.97 avg rating — 2,694 ratings 69. 
A Seat at the Table: The Life and Times of Shirley Chisholm
by:
Glenn L. Starks
3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings 71. 
The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election
by:
Dan Balz
3.91 avg rating — 656 ratings 
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America at the Ballot Box: Elections and Political History
by:
Gareth Davies
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 74. 
Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the “Rocking, Socking” Election of 1952
by:
Kevin Mattson
3.48 avg rating — 56 ratings 74. 
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Vote First or Die: The New Hampshire Primary: America’s Discerning, Magnificent, and Absurd Road to the White House
by:
Scott Conroy
3.71 avg rating — 65 ratings 78. 
Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics
by:
Lewis L. Gould
3.70 avg rating — 76 ratings 
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1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America
by:
David Pietrusza
4.08 avg rating — 309 ratings 80. 
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Truman's Triumphs: The 1948 Election and the Making of Postwar America
by:
Andrew E. Busch
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings 
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The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election
by:
Zachary Karabell
3.92 avg rating — 90 ratings 84. 
Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
by:
Jesse Wegman
4.26 avg rating — 1,254 ratings 86. 
The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown
by:
Richard L. Hasen
3.80 avg rating — 83 ratings 86. 
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The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968
by:
Luke A. Nichter
3.94 avg rating — 159 ratings 
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Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War
by:
Jon Grinspan
4.20 avg rating — 208 ratings 93. 
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The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History
by:
Edward Achorn
4.46 avg rating — 269 ratings 95. 
Edited For Television: Cnn, Abc, And The 1992 Presidential Campaign really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating