TY - BOOK AU - Kondik,Kyle TI - The bellwether: why Ohio picks the president SN - 9780821445549 AV - JK5590 .K66 2016 U1 - 324.9771 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Athens, Ohio PB - Ohio University Press KW - Elections KW - Ohio KW - Presidents KW - Election KW - United States KW - Voting KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Process KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-164) and index; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Swing States, Bellwethers, and the Nation's Shrinking Political Middle; 2: Ohio at the Head of the Flock; 3: Typical in All Things; 4: The Civil War at the Ballot Box, 1896-1932; 5: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Nixon-but Not Taft, 1936-1972; 6: Obama Rewrites the Carter-Clinton Playbook, 1976-2012; 7: Searching for the Bellwether's Bellwether; Conclusion: Will Ohio Remain a Bellwether (and Will It Lose Anything If It Doesn't)?; Notes; A Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index N2 - Every four years, Ohio finds itself in the thick of the presidential race. What about the Buckeye State makes it so special? UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1251282 ER -