The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents
Praise forThe Swing Vote:“The Swing Votehas useful observations…. [Linda Killian] traveled around the country interviewing hundreds of voters who are disaffected. There are lessons to be learned from her reporting.”--The New York Review of Books“A useful look at the current makeup and mood of America’s voters.”--Kirkus ReviewsonThe Swing Vote“Linda Killian helps us understand who the swing voters who decide elections are and what they are looking for. Killian's analysis provides a valuable guide on harnessing their collective energy into a new way of thinking about politics.”---Eleanor Clift, contributorNewsweekandDaily Beast“Linda Killian has written a lively and insightful book about the current state of American politics, melding the best skills of a journalist, a social scientist, a pollster, and a passionate citizen.…With Congress’s disapproval rating at an all-time high, and a ‘plague on both houses’ sentiment exploding in the country, it is hard to imagine a more timely book.”---Norman J. Ornstein, author of The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track“Linda Killian does a great job of not only examining the importance and historic role of those Independent and moderate swing voters who live between the partisan and ideological forty-yard lines, but she examines their mind-sets as well. What makes swing voters tick, what swings them and why?  An understanding of swing voters leads to an understanding of the volatility and the turbulence that drove the 2006, 2008, and 2010 elections and will likely drive 2012 as well.”---Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report and political analyst for NBC NewsPraise for TheFreshmen: What Happened to the Republican Revolution?“Linda Killian’s new and terrific book…is a strong, well-researched, and well-credited document on the failure of the seventy-three Republican freshmen in the class of ’94.”---USA Today“Killian’s prodigious research is evident on every information-packed page.”---The Washington Post