Running Against the Grain

DAVID A. CROCKETT, an associate professor of political science at Trinity University in San Antonio, is the author of The Opposition Presidency: Leadership and the Constraints of History, also published by Texas A&M University Press.

A fresh and incisive contribution to our understanding of presidential elections and the presidency. Ranging beyond media horse race coverage and quantitative models of voting behavior, Crockett provides several innovative explanations for presidential elections past and present. - Steven Schier, Congdon Professor of Political Science, Carleton College ""Well written and carefully argued, Crockett's book continues the exploration of 'opposition presidencies' begun in his excellent book The Opposition Presidency."" - Charles E. Walcott, professor of political science, Virginia Tech