American Presidential Election Campaigns 1789–2024

Following the success of British General Election Campaigns1830–2019, Iain Dale has turned his attention to the sixty presidentialelections that have taken place since George Washington became America’s firstPresident in 1789. AmericanPresidential Election Campaigns 1789–2024 features sixty chapters oneach of the nation’s presidential campaigns written by a different contributorfrom across the worlds of politics, academia and journalism. The book features chapters by top US campaign strategist KarlRove; Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel from the Newsagents podcast; SarahSmith, the BBC’s North America editor; the Today programme’s JustinWebb; and political journalists Tim Shipman, Adam Boulton and Simon Heffer,among many others. Each chapter charts theprogress of the campaign, examining the primary process in both parties, theparty conventions, the choice of vice-presidential candidates, the debates andthe overall election campaign itself. Appealing to the general reader and the political geek alike, thebook brings to life each campaign, its wider context and its personalities.This is an essential read for anyone who wants to broaden their understandingof American political history.