Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 2016 election that broke all, or at least most, of the rules / Larry J. Sabato -- Demographic coalitions : how Trump picked the Democratic lock and won the presidency / David Byler -- Straight tickets for Senate, some split tickets for governor : the 2016 Senate and gubernatorial elections / Geoffrey Skelley -- House 2016 : the Republicans endure / Kyle Kondik -- Presidential primaries : a hit at the ballot box / Rhodes Cook -- Donald Trump and a GOP primary race like no other / Robert Costa -- "Feel the Bern," Hillary's agonizing loss, and the future of the Democratic Party / Greg Sargent -- Latinos and the 2016 election / Matt Barreto, Thomas Schaller, and Gary Segura -- The sources of Trump's support / Ronald Rapoport and Walt Stone -- Polling in the 2016 election / Ariel Edwards-Levy, Natalie Jackson, and Janie Velencia -- Twitter rants, press bashing, and fake news : the shameful legacy of media in the 2016 election / Diana Owen -- The seven-billion-dollar election : emerging campaign finance trends and their impact on the 2016 presidential race and beyond / Michael E. Toner and Karen E. Trainer -- It wasn't the economy, stupid : racial polarization, white racial resentment, and the rise of Trump / Alan I. Abramowitz -- The "emerging Democratic majority" fails to emerge / Sean Trende -- Takeaways from campaign 2016 and a look forward / Susan A. MacManus and Anthony Cilluffo.