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Slingshot: The Defeat of Eric Cantor

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Slingshot: The Defeat of Eric Cantor

Incumbents don't lose. So how did nationally prominent House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lose a primary battle to college professor David Brat, an unknown political rookie? In Slingshot: The Defeat of Eric Cantor, authors Lauren Cohen Bell, David Elliot Meyer and Ronald Keith Gaddie take advantage of exceptional behind-the-scenes access to the Brat campaign to explain the challengerâ€™s victory. They examine the essential need for elected officials to maintain strong support in their home districts and just how Cantorâ€™s focus on climbing the party ranks in Washington contributed to his loss. They also show how local â€œrules of the gameâ€ â€”particularly voter mobilization in this caseâ€”affect elections, and they explore the continuing impact of the Tea Party and its role in the factionalism of current Southern politics.Â

â€œThis is a book that needed to be written. Eric Cantorâ€™s defeat was not only shocking but it runs against everything we teach in our election courses. By extracting the lessons from Cantorâ€™s defeat, Slingshot helps to inform our more general understanding of campaigns & elections.â€

-Professor Kirby Goidel, Texas A&M University

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9781506311944
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	CQ Press
Manufacturer	CQ Press
NumberOfPages	224
PublicationDate	2015-11-04
Publisher	CQ Press
ReleaseDate	2015-11-24
Studio	CQ Press

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