Counting the Votes: A New Way to Analyze America's Presidential Elections isn't your typical history book about presidential elections. Nor is it like most statistical analyses of election results. What this unusual book does offer is an array of innovative statistics-campaign score (CS), potential index (PI), return on potential (ROP), and equalized vote totals (EV*EQ), among others-that provides a provocative, intriguing, and fresh perspective on past presidential candidates and campaigns. Presenting information that has never been compiled and presented before, author G. Scott Thomas pr.;Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; ONE: Filling the Statistical Void; TWO: The Elite Era: 1789-1836; THREE: The Volatile Era: 1840-1908; FOUR: The Progressive Era: 1912-1956; FIVE: The Modern Era: 1960-2012; SIX: The Official Record Book of Presidential Politics; SEVEN: The Directory of Presidential Candidates; Notes; Bibliography; Index.