How Bernie Won, Jeff Weaver
How Bernie Won, Jeff Weaver
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How Bernie Won
Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country--and Where We Go from Here

Author: Jeff Weaver

Narrator: Jeff Weaver

Unabridged: 12 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2018


Synopsis

This program is read by the author.

In this audiobook, the brilliant manager of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign explains how Bernie took on the entire establishment and changed modern American politics for good.

When Jeff Weaver hopped in a car with Bernie Sanders in the summer of 1986, he had no idea the Vermont backroads would lead them all the way to the 2016 presidential campaign.

In How Bernie Won, Weaver tells listeners how Bernie built a movement that would sweep America and inspire millions. He vowed not to run a negative campaign. He would focus on policies, not personalities. He would not be beholden to big money. He would actually make America great.

Weaver also explains how they overcame significant challenges: A media that thrived on negative campaigns. A party that thrived on personalities. And a political system that thrived on big money. Weaver explains how Bernie beat them all and, in doing so, went from having little national name recognition when he entered the race to being one of the most respected and well-known people in the world by its end—because, Weaver argues, Bernie won the race.

He moved the discussion from the concerns of the 1% to those of the 99%. He forced the Democrats to remember their populist roots. And he showed that an outsider with real ideas and ways to get them done was more popular than someone propped up by backroom political sugar daddies.

From holding bags of “Bernie buttons” and picket-stick signs, to managing thousands of campaign workers, to looking ahead to 2020, Weaver chronicles the birth of a revolution that didn’t end in November 2016. It’s only just begun.

About Jeff Weaver

JEFF WEAVER, who began working for Bernie Sanders in 1986, was his campaign manager for the 2016 presidential election, as well as president of Our Revolution, a nonprofit founded by Sanders until June 2017. He is currently senior political adviser to Senator Sanders. He graduated from the University of Vermont and Georgetown University Law School. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by DH on October 21, 2018

Of the many books I've read about the 2016 campaign Weaver's campaign diary stands out as the clearest and sharpest analysis of the good and the bad of it all. As Bernie's campaign advisor he retained his sincere commitment to positive change in the face of the campaign. shenanigans, corruption and......more

Goodreads review by Hazel on January 11, 2019

I followed the primaries intently and was shocked at the way the Democratic party, of which I had always been a proud, almost smugly proud, member, actively thwarted the democratic process. While some of the things I witnessed are not included in this book, there are things in this book that show th......more

Goodreads review by Susan on June 26, 2018

This book was a frustrating look back at the 2016 election that changed America forever, and changed my own life significantly. What I liked about the book-- its thorough timeline of the election and detailed accounts of the various instances of mistakes made by the campaign, dirty tactics that the......more

Goodreads review by Dan on May 28, 2018

Having read Clinton's summary and autopsy of the 2016 election process in her latest book, "What Happened," I decided to see what her primary party opposition had to say on the matter. This summary of Bernie's 2016 bid for the Democrat nomination from his campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, covers a lot......more

Goodreads review by Michael on May 26, 2018

This book is a well written account of the inner workings of a campaign that altered the dysfunctional course of American politics. Weaver brilliantly highlights the effectiveness, foresight, and above all else, integrity of the Sanders campaign while also offering fair criticisms of himself and the......more