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The book Politico calls Moneyball for politics shows how cutting-edge social science and analytics are reshaping the modern political campaign. Renegade thinkers are crashing the gates of a venerable American institution, shoving aside its so-called wise men and replacing them with a radical new data-driven order. We've seen it in sports, and now in The Victory Lab, journalist Sasha Issenberg tells the hidden story of the analytical revolution upending the way political campaigns are run in the 21st century. The Victory Lab follows the academics and maverick operatives rocking the war room and re-engineering a high-stakes industry previously run on little more than gut instinct and outdated assumptions. Armed with research from behavioural psychology and randomized experiments that treat voters as unwitting guinea pigs, the smartest campaigns now believe they know who you will vote for even before you do. Issenberg tracks these fascinating techniques--which include cutting edge persuasion experiments, innovative ways to mobilize voters, heavily researched electioneering methods--and shows how our most important figures, such as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, are putting them to use with surprising skill and alacrity. Provocative, clear-eyed and energetically reported, The Victory Lab offers iconoclastic insights into political marketing, human decision-making, and the increasing power of analytics.Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House USA INC International Concepts
ISBN-139780307954794
eBay Product ID (ePID)117441640
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameThe Victory Lab
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPolitics, Advertising
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorSasha Issenberg
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height241 mm
Item Weight600 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorSasha Issenberg