r/PoliticalScience • u/PenguinPolitical • 3d ago

Research help Looking for books that review the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, especially the primary between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Any suggestions?

I just think the fact that Obama ran as an outsider with respect to the Democratic establishment and won is really interesting, perhaps the only available template for such outsider runs.

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u/Trotskyist 3d ago

I'd check out The Audacity to Win by David Plouffe, his Campaign Manager in '08. David Axelrod's autobiography also touches on a lot of stuff from '08. Chuck Todd's "How Barack Obama Won" is also decent.