Inpresidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race forpresident of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It s a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien reveal for the first time how both factors come into play.Erikson and Wlezien have amassed data from close to two thousand national polls covering every presidential...