The Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections

By Yanek Mieczkowski

Book Overview

Now in its second edition, The Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections covers each race for the presidency with brisk, lively narratives up to the election of 2016.

Filled with more than 100 full-color maps and illustrations, this updated volume is an indispensable resource for learning about the suspense-filled races to gain America's highest office. Distinguished presidential historian Yanek Mieczkowski captures intriguing details about candidates, issues, and campaigns, allowing readers to experience the drama of every contest. The colorful maps that put state-by-state results at readers' fingertips show geographic voting trends during the country's history. The presidency is America's greatest political prize, and this book describes how candidates have won it--including changes in electoral strategies and campaign practices over the years. This text offers a treasure trove of historical information, such as:

The early tradition of the "mute" candidate

The period where just one effective political party existed nationwide

One race that witnessed an astounding 80 percent voter turnout

A popular-vote victory of 39.9 percent that triggered secession

The emergence of the "front-porch" campaign

A third-party candidate who got more votes than the incumbent president

The impact of radio, television, and the Internet on the election process

This book is essential reading for students of American history and the U.S. presidency.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367858746
• ISBN13: 9780367858742
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Really insightful book

Great book with tons of unknown info. Very clear and descriptive on every presedential election from the beginning of the U.S. Presidency.

An Indispensible Referece

The Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections is a remarkably concise, beautifully organized source of references to every presidential election up to 2000. Aside from its utility in winning trivia contests or settling arguments, the book is a ready source of pleasure for the curious browser. How well did Teddy Roosevelt's third Party do against Woodrow Wilson in 1912? Would WW have won if not for TR's splitting of the Republican vote? See the Atlas for the answers.

An excellent resource

Having the privilege of studying under Dr. Mieczkowski for 2 full years, as well as having worked as research assistant and having him as my Undergraduate advisor at Dowling College on Long Island, I can affirm to you that Dr. Mieczkowski is definitely a well-educated and intelligent person. This book helps to prove that point.I agree with other reviewers that the book did require some better editing. There are noticable errors in it, particularly in the maps. Otherwise, this book is very handy. The summarizations of each election, dating back to the first ever Presidential election to the most recent Presidential election of 2000, are short, concise and well-researched. Some of the more pivotal and landmark elections generally have more information. The accuracy and detail of each summary definitely shows the extensive research that went into the book.This book proved to be a very handy and crucial resource to me in my studies at Dowling College, and is an excellent resource to any Presidential or general American Historian. Despite minor flaws, this is a worthwhile book and I highly recommend it to any professor looking for a secondary class resource or to any student looking for a resource to help them in their studies.

Concise, colorful, but one glaring error.

You can tell a lot of painstaking research and time went into this atlas...which makes the one glaring error especially surprising. In the map of the 2000 election, the author has West Virginia colored in for the Democrat, Al Gore. Normally, this would be the case, but this was no normal election. WV went handily for Bush this time. And with the electoral vote so close, this is significant because the map as colored in the book indicates a Gore victory. How soon we forget...

Excellent resource!

This thin, significant book has a wonderful layout in regards to presenting the information for each presidential election in our nation's history. There are maps, pictures, charts and writings pertaining to each presidential election. The information provided in the book is of great value and quite easy to find. The book can be used with a wide array of individuals with different reading levels. A superb book to have for a class, and a must-have for any political scientist, historian, or avid student of politics.