Thread by @RachelBitecofer

1. Got a couple of exciting things in the pipeline for @The__Cycle

1 will be the results of the survey on extremism

The other will be an int w @amieparnes & her co-author @jonallendc about their book on the 2020 election, which I think will be quite distinct from other ints

2. Parnes & Allen get to do bc they cover the biographical accounts of these months-long Super Bowl, Titanic-sized events & have the access to personalize & bring us behind the scenes to so many famous moments from the cycle. This is an invaluable perspective BUT a wholly diff 1

3. than the perspective of an academic "analysis" of a cycle & voter behavior. For ex. reading their 2016 book and then mine would give you two VERY different readings on the "what happened/why" end, BUT together, a much deeper understanding. You could read them back to back &

4. very little content would be the same, bc of the research/writing approaches used. It's bc of that (also, long time fan, so excited to talk w them!) that I am super jazzed to see what happens when we fuse these two distinct approaches together to discuss 2020 & their book

5. Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency which you should order and read NOW in prep for the pod! amazon.com/Lucky-How-Bide…

6. If you've never read my academic book on 2016, which offers a unique diagnosis as to why Clinton lost (well not so unique now that the theory grew into The Theory & went on to predict the contours of two cycles months ahead of them) its available on amazon.com/Unprecedented-…

7. Amazon, and I apologize for the crazy $. I don't make royalties on it! If you have $ issues, DM me. But reading the 2016 will give you a great background for seeing how academics look at these things, versus how journalists look at them.