The Surge: 2014's Big Gop Win and What It Means for the Next Presidential Election - Softcover

The 2014 midterm election could be one of the most significant in recent memory, with the strong possibility that Republicans will solidify control of congress and the promise of exposing the fault lines within and between both parties as we prepare for the next presidential election cycle. In this book, prominent elections scholar and political commentator Larry J. Sabato brings together respected journalists and experts from across the political spectrum to examine every facet of the midterm election results and the implications for the 2016 election cycle. In frank, accessible prose, each author offers insight that goes beyond the headlines to analyze what is at stake.

Larry J. Sabato is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and director of its Center for Politics. Sabato's Crystal Ball is the must read source for political junkies on election analysis and predictions. Kyle Kondik is the Washington director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics and managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, the center's nonpartisan newsletter on American campaigns and elections. Geoffrey Skelley is media relations coordinator for the University of Virginia Center for Politics and associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball.