How Trump Won, Joel B. Pollak
How Trump Won, Joel B. Pollak
List: $19.95 | Sale: $13.97
Club: $9.97

How Trump Won
The Inside Story of a Revolution

Author: Joel B. Pollak, Larry Schweikart

Narrator: Jack Griffin

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/27/2017

Synopsis

From the moment Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the White House until very late on election night, media and pollsters kept insisting Trump wouldn’t—couldn’t—be president. But for Larry Schweikart—one of a ragtag group of amateur politicos called the “Deplorables,” who had been publishing shockingly accurate polls and predictions, and Joel Pollak, a senior editor at Breitbart News following Trump on the campaign trail—Trump’s 2016 win was a near certainty. Schweikart and Pollak watched the Trump campaign build a powerful coalition of working Americans from both parties; they saw the momentum that the mainstream media and pollsters completely missed; and now in How Trump Won they tell the whole incredible story, from the early poll predictions to the campaign trail and on to election night.

About Joel B. Pollak

Joel Pollak is senior editor-at-large and in-house counsel at Breitbart News. Prior to joining Breitbart, Pollak was a Tea Party–backed Republican candidate for Congress in Illinois and a research fellow at the Hudson Institute, focusing on human rights and international law. Born in South Africa, Pollak became a US citizen in 1987. He holds law and bachelor’s degrees from Harvard and a master’s degree from the University of Cape Town. Pollak has authored several books, including Wacko Birds: The Fall (and Rise) of the Tea Party, The Kasrils Affair: Jews and Minority Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa, and Don’t Tell Me Words Don’t Matter: How Rhetoric Won the 2008 Presidential Election. He is a contributor to Canada’s Sun News Network, a frequent guest on Fox News and CNN, and lives with his wife and daughter in Santa Monica, California.

About Larry Schweikart

Larry Schweikart is coauthor, with Michael Allen, of the New York Times bestseller A Patriot's History of the United States and the author of over twenty books, including 48 Liberal Lies About American History. A professor of history at the University of Dayton, he has appeared as a guest commentator on Fox & Friends and has written many academic books and articles on national defense, business, and financial history. He lives outside of Dayton, Ohio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by R on February 22, 2017

Excellent book. A movement and election for the ages. This book gives a great summary and insight on the Trump election. I love the campaign trail notes interspersed with the wide historic view provided. This election will go down as the most historic election since 1980. It will have far reaching co......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on January 07, 2020

A fun, if biased romp through the Trump campaign. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the rallies; it really made you feel like you were there with the building energy of the campaign. All the stuff about the polls was really interesting too. I found Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campa......more

Goodreads review by ronald huenefeldt on May 29, 2017

Solid read. Good overall understanding of the campaign. Would have liked more insights into others on the trail. Why were you able to see the change but others could not?......more

Goodreads review by Pieter on May 17, 2021

In 2016, two black swans crossed the political landscape. In a referendum, the British voter decided for a Brexit. A few months later across the Atlantic, Joe Sixpack voted Donald J. Trump to the White House. Both were a surprise, had a major impact and were rationalised only afterwards. Totally une......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on November 24, 2024

I always hate political campaigns, because it always ends up bringing politics down to its most toxic, us-good/them-bad, over the top fear-mongering level. But, perhaps being something of a guilty pleasure, I always enjoy reading about them after the fact. I find the mix between the chaos and the st......more

Quotes

“A call for truth in an age of lies—and a reminder that liberals will do anything to avoid a fair fight.” Ann Coulter, New York Times bestselling author, on Pollak’s See No Evil

“A welcome, refreshing, and solid contribution to relearning what we have forgotten and remembering why this nation is good, and worth defending.” National Review on Schweikart’s A Patriot’s History of the United States

“An antidote to the mass hysteria of trigger warnings and safe spaces.” Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart News editor, on Pollack’ See No Evil

“No recent American history challenges the conventional wisdom of academics as aggressively.” FrontPage Magazine on Schweikart’s A Patriot’s History of the United States

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List