A Return to Normalcy?: The 2020 Election that (Almost) Broke America [Paperback]

Up close, Inauguration Day 2021 looked like any otherthe chief justice of the US Supreme Court administering the oath of office to the new president on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. But pull the lens back and this was anything but a typical election and transition of power. In A Return to Normalcy?, Larry Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and J. Miles Coleman bring together respected journalists, analysts, and scholars to examine every facet of the stunning 2020 election and its aftermath, and how these events will impact American politics moving forward. In frank, accessible prose, each author offers insight that goes beyond the headlines and dives into the underlying forces and shifts that drove the election from its earliest developments to its chaotic conclusion. A Return to Normalcy? is an indispensable read for political junkies and all students of American politics.

Larry J. Sabato is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and director of its Center for Politics. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books on American politics and elections.
Kyle Kondik is the managing editor of Sabatos Crystal Ball, the Centers nonpartisan newsletter on American campaigns and elections.
J. Miles Coleman is associate editor of Sabatos Crystal Ball, the University of Virginia Center for Politics nonpartisan newsletter on American campaigns and elections.

The 2020 election was, by any metric, the most controversial in U.S. history. Donald Trumps long-running rhetoric espousing the false notion of election irregularities culminated in a violent, deadly insurrection in Washington, DC, marking the first time the country did not have a peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next. With the dust just barely settled, veteran political analyst Sabato and a stellar coterie of reporters, pundits, and scholars from the University of Virginia Center for Politics gets first-out-of-the-gate status as they try to make sense lľ