She also discusses the importance of debates, the amount of time candidates spend in the news, if the press is biased, and if reporting of poll results affect campaign coverage.
If I had to make a criticism about the book, it would be that the title overstates what the book really contains. The title leads you to assume it will cover all aspects of politics, or at least touch base on each general area. While this book has changed some of my beliefs about politics, it did not make a wholesale change in my understanding of our political system. The book actually focuses almost entirely on politics and campaigning in relation to the presidency. As I stated, I have only one criticism of the book, which is really not one of the book, but of the title. The title of the book is to broad of a topic to be covered in one book. I believe it would be better represented if the title were changed to a more narrow focus such as, Everything You Think You Know about Presidential Politics, and Why You are Wrong.
The book is filled with interesting, and at times, surprising facts about politics and political campaigning. What I found most appealing is the author's claims are based on research and hard evidence. The author is not just stating her opinions, but backs up her assertions with evidence. Jamieson's findings are taken from the Annenberg Campaign Mapping Project, which is reported as the most thorough investigation conducted of modern presidential campaigns. The project .
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was based on analyses of 2,535 speeches, 880 ads, and 23 debates, and is a collaborative research project that examined the character of every presidential campaign since 1952 and took 10 years to complete. It is clear that Jamieson put a lot of time and effort to the preparation of this text.
The book dispels many myths that are surrounded around politics. The value of the information Jamieson relays is precious to those that have any interest in politics.
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