Counting Every Vote

"In this well-written and absorbing narrative, Robert Dudley and Eric Shiraev provide us with insight and understanding regarding a fascinating aspect of American politics and elections. The authors remind us that close elections aren’t just exercises in preference ordering of the public but responses to the specific electoral, political, and social environment that encompasses the country at a certain point in time. While history cannot be revised, Dudley and Shiraev argue that we can draw fresh lessons from lost opportunities and unrealized possibilities, policies never perused and speeches never given. This book is essential reading for political scientists and historians of the presidency and elections as well as for undergraduate and graduate courses."—Alan R. Gitelson, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science

"Counting Every Vote is entertaining to read as well as being highly informative. Authors Dudley and Shiraev convincingly reveal how the votes of small numbers of individuals in Presidential elections can and do dramatically affect domestic policies and international relations—not on every issue, of course—but in ways that ultimately change the course of history."—Cheryl Koopman, Associate Professor, Stanford University, President of the International Society of Political Psychology

“A clever and informative ‘what if’ that makes the sometimes dry subject of American electoral history interesting and compelling reading.”—Scott Keeter, survey research director for the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C.

"This book will appeal to readers interested in US history as well as campaigns, elections, and presidential politics."—Choice