02224nam 22005411 450 991079679150332120180104163348.61-5063-1195-41-5063-1197-01-5063-1194-61-5063-1198-9(CKB)4100000001191802(OCoLC)1023628713(CaToSAGE)SAGE000003130(MiAaPQ)EBC5165218(PPN)234832428(EXLCZ)99410000000119180220180104d2016 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentstirdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSlingshot the defeat of Eric Cantor /Lauren Cohen Bell, Randolph-Macon College, David Elliot Meyer, Randolph-Macon College, Class of 2015, Ronald Keith Gaddie, University of OklahomaThousand Oaks, California :CQ Press,[2016]1 online resource (208 pages) illustrations1-5063-1196-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Author David Elliot Meyer was granted exceptional, behind-the-scenes access to the Brat campaign, allowing this perfect storm of voter discontent and election strategy failure to be told in remarkable detail. By bringing social science to bear on the political scha?denfreude that was the coverage Eric Cantor's fall, the book looks at why so many of the pre-election analyses offered were just plain wrong and elucidates the reasons why politicians lose.Campaign managementVirginiaCase studiesPolitical campaignsVirginiaCase studiesPolitical candidatesVirginiaVirginiaPolitics and government21st centuryCampaign managementPolitical campaignsPolitical candidates324.2755/04Bell Lauren Cohen1973-1566282Meyer David ElliotGaddie Ronald KeithCaToSAGECaToSAGEUtOrBLWBOOK9910796791503321Slingshot3836675UNINA