Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
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Author | Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes |
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Language | English |
Subject | Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign |
Genre | Nonfiction |
Publisher | Crown Publishing Group |
Publication date | March 2, 2021 |
Pages | 528 |
ISBN | 978-0-525-57422-4 |
Preceded by | Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign |
Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency is a non-fiction book by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, journalists for NBC News and The Hill, respectively. The book is about Joe Biden's successful campaign in the 2020 United States presidential election.[1] Allen and Parnes had previously written Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign, a book about Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful campaign in the 2016 United States presidential election.[2]
Content
Lucky describes how, according to Allen and Parnes, Joe Biden "barely won the presidency".[2] They describe conflicting ideas among Biden's campaign staff about political strategy, rhetoric, and policy. The book covers the campaign's response to matters such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing racial unrest.[1][2] The Biden campaign's navigation of the COVID-19 pandemic is given as one major reason for electoral success.[3][4] It examines interactions between key Democratic Party figures and the campaign, such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Andrew Cuomo.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b Lozada, Carlos (February 28, 2021). "Joe Biden won the presidency by making the most of his lucky breaks". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c Szalai, Jennifer (March 2, 2021). "A Closely Reported Look at Joe Biden's 'Lucky' Path to the White House". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ Pengelly, Martin (February 24, 2021). "Key Biden aide said pandemic was 'best thing that ever happened to him', book says". The Guardian. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Webb, Justin (March 10, 2021). "Lucky by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes review — how Joe Biden was propelled to the top by the pandemic". The Times. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Green, Lloyd (March 7, 2021). "Lucky review: how Biden beat Trump – and doubters like Obama and Hillary". The Guardian. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Robinson, Adia (March 3, 2021). "New book sheds light on Obama-Biden relationship during the 2020 election". ABC News. Retrieved August 30, 2021.