Campaign for President: The Managers Look at 2016

If you are consumed by politics and want to know how controversial decisions—big and small-- were made, this is a must read."-Lois Romano, national political correspondent Washington Post, Politico, Newsweek; Fellow, Institute of Politics (Lois Romano, Senior Political Reporter, POLITICO; Fellow, Institute of Politics, Spring 2008) . "The raw emotions of the 2016 presidential race jump off the pages in Campaign for President

. The series has become a principal resource for scholars, students, and practitioners. The Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School has sponsored a post-election conference of campaign managers and media every four years since 1972

Meeting under the auspices of the Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, the candid discussion allows us to learn about the motivations of each candidate, strategies they deployed, and lessons they learned. Campaign for President: The Managers Look at 2016 is essential reading for anyone interested in the inner workings of national political campaigns. In this book, a distinguished group of presidential campaign staff, journalists, and political observers take us inside the 2016 race for the Republican and Democratic nominations and general election, guiding us through each candidate's campaign from the time each candidate announced his or her intention to seek the presidency through the primaries, conventions, and up to election da