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The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy
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3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings
"Only full length book on the machinations behind the first election where the winner wasn't known ahead of time. "
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FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944
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4.24 avg rating — 86 ratings
"Interesting look at how much trouble Roosevelt was in when running for his last, very truncated fourth term. "
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Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World
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3.80 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
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3.99 avg rating — 395 ratings
"Amazing look at the complicated 1869 election arguing that some Southern Democrats wanted Lincoln to win to force secession. "
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The Making of the President 1960
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4.15 avg rating — 8,004 ratings
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The Making of the President 1968
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4.17 avg rating — 788 ratings
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The Making of the President 1964
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4.05 avg rating — 437 ratings
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1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
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3.96 avg rating — 1,485 ratings
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The Making of the President 1972
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The Selling of the President 1968
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3.87 avg rating — 982 ratings
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Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876
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3.67 avg rating — 553 ratings
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1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America
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4.11 avg rating — 335 ratings
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1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs -- The Election that Changed the Country
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3.79 avg rating — 790 ratings
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Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics
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3.74 avg rating — 82 ratings
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The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828
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3.69 avg rating — 417 ratings
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By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876
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3.56 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Minority Victory: Gilded Age Politics and the Front Porch Campaign of 1888
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3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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