Campaigns and Elections 4th Edition by John Sides

The #1 book examines contemporary campaigns and elections―now updated through 2020 

Thoroughly revised and updated through the 2020 elections, the Fourth Edition of Campaigns & Elections uses a consistent framework to reveal the strategies and choices that face candidates and other practitioners in the American political system. The authors have set out to help students answer the many questions they have about campaigns while spotlighting contemporary political science research to help them do so.