Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency

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Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
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AuthorJonathan Allen, Amie Parnes
LanguageEnglish
Subject Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign
GenreNonfiction
Publisher Crown Publishing Group
Publication date
March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02)
Pages528
ISBN 978-0-525-57422-4
Preceded by Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign  
Followed by Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House  

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 the 2017 book Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign about Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful campaign in the 2016 election. [2] A follow-up about the 2024 election, Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House, was published in 2025.

Contents

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]

Reception

Lucky never made The New York Times Best Seller list and sold 10,000 copies, far fewer than the 125,000 copies sold of Shattered. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Green, Lloyd (March 7, 2021). "Lucky review: how Biden beat Trump – and doubters like Obama and Hillary". The Guardian . Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  6. ↑ Robinson, Adia (March 3, 2021). "New book sheds light on Obama-Biden relationship during the 2020 election". ABC News. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Biden books are still bombing". POLITICO. September 5, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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