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Published: 11th December 2025
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The Road to the White House 2024: The Politics of Presidential Elections
By (Author) Stephen J. Wayne
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
11th December 2025
12th Revised edition
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Politics and government
Political leaders and leadership
Hardback
320
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Voters need information about the qualities of candidates, the policies they propose and the partisan labels they wear. Does our Electoral College encourage the most qualified candidates to run Does it force them to talk candidly with the American people Will election results accurately reflect the needs of the population as a whole Wayne's The Road to the White House 2024 answers these questions in a straightforward, jargon-free manner. Equipping you with a background on presidential elections and a guide to the 2024 election, it illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of our electoral democracy. It also offers insights on changes that have revolutionized contemporary electoral politics: the flood of money, the ideological polarization of American parties, the digital revolution, foreign interference, voter eligibility, the integrity of the voting process itself and much more.
The Road to the White House is required reading for any academic, student, journalist, or lay-person interested in understanding how the United States chooses candidates and elects presidents. And like a fine wine, it gets better over time with each new version. -- David B. Cohen, professor of Political Science, director, Applied Politics Program, University of Akron
Stephen Wayne is an Emeritus Professor of Government at Georgetown University.