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Larry J. Sabato
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Dr. Sabato's Latest Book:
THE YEAR OF OBAMA:
How Barack Obama Won the White House
(Longman, April 2009)
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"Politics is a good thing!" … is the slogan of Dr. Larry J. Sabato. According to the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Sabato is "probably the most quoted college professor in the land" and his Crystal Ball electoral analysis is the nation's most accurate. In July 2008, Dr. Sabato correctly projected that Barack Obama would win the presidency in a near-landslide. He predicted a 364-174 margin in the Electoral College, just one vote away from the final tally of 365-173, as well as the correct popular vote percentages. He also accurately predicted 99% of Senate, House, and Governor winners-by far the best showing in the business.
His spectacular record of predicting elections is not new. In 2006 he was named the most accurate prognosticator by an unusual combination of news organizations: FOX News, MSNBC, CNBC, and Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism. In 2006 Dr. Sabato was the only national analyst to call the Senate and House contests on the button.
At home both in the classroom and the television studio, Dr. Sabato bridges the gap between the ivory tower and the real world of politics. The author of over 20 books and countless essays on politics, Dr. Sabato has taught more than 14,000 students in his career at Oxford University, Cambridge University, and the University of Virginia. He has received every major teaching award at the University of Virginia and in 2001 he received the University's highest honor, The Thomas Jefferson Award, given annually to one individual since 1955.
Dr. Sabato is the University Professor of Politics and director of the U.Va. Center for Politics (www.centerforpolitics.org), founded in 1998 to improve civic education and the political process. The Center has a dedicated staff of over a dozen, and its signature program, the National Youth Leadership Initiative, currently involves over 800,000 middle and high school students in all 50 states. In six years, Sabato has raised over $7 million in public and private funds to support the Center's many programs, conferences, and publications.
His latest book is A More Perfect Constitution, now out in paperback. Another volume, The Year of Obama: How Barack Obama Won the White House, will be published in March 2009.
Be sure to check out Sabato's Crystal Ball," a free website designed for the general public and dedicated to the analysis and prediction of upcoming races for Governor, House, Senate, and President.
Recent Publications
THE YEAR OF OBAMA: How Barack Obama Won the White House (Longman, April 2009)
A MORE PERFECT CONSTITUTION: 23 Proposals to Revitalize our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country (Walker & Co., 2007)
THE SIXTH YEAR ITCH: The Rise and Fall of the George W. Bush Presidency (Longman, 2007)
DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA: The Slash and Burn Politics of the 2004 Presidential Election (Longman, 2005)
GET IN THE BOOTH! A Citizen's Guide to the 2004 Election (Longman, 2004)
MIDTERM MADNESS: The Elections of 2002 (Rowman & Littlefield 2003)
OVERTIME: The Election 2000 Thriller (Longman, 2001)
DANGEROUS DEMOCRACY: The Battle Over Ballot Initiatives in America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001)
PEEPSHOW: Media and Politics in an Age of Scandal (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000)
More about Sabato's books
Dr. Sabato has served on many national and state commissions, including the National Commission for the Renewal of American Democracy, the U.S. Senate Campaign Finance Reform Panel, the Governor's Commission on Campaign Finance Reform, Government Accountability, and Ethics, and the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education.
Dr. Sabato is the recipient of more than two-dozen major scholarships, grants, and academic awards, including a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, the Outstanding Young Teacher Award from the University of Virginia, and Outstanding Professor Award from the Virginia State Council of Higher Education, the U.Va. Outstanding Professor Award of 2000, and inclusion among the "Top-Ten-All-Time Favorite Teachers" by U.Va.'s Alumni Association. His visiting appointments include that of Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution and Thomas Jefferson Visiting Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge University, England.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
Larry J. Sabato has been making national media appearances since the 1970s. Both the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post have noted that Dr. Sabato is the most cited college professor in any field in the United States by national and regional news organizations, electronic and print.
- CBS "60 Minutes"
- NBC "Today Show"
- CNN "Inside Politics"
- FOX NEWS "Beltway Boys"
- CNBC "Hardball with Chris Matthews"
- ABC "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings"
- NBC "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw"
- CBS "Evening News with Dan Rather"
- FOX NEWS "Special Report with Brit Hume"
- CNN "Headline News" 2000 Election/Recount Analyst
- ABC "Nightline with Ted Koppel"
- John McLaughlin's "One on One"
- Several shows on CNN, PBS, MSNBC, CNBC
- C-SPAN - at least two dozen speeches/appearances
- National Public Radio - many appearances
- CBS, ABC, and BBC radio news - dozens of interviews
- washingtonpost.com - frequent web chats
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