Larry J. Sabato is the author of more than twenty books on American politics, most recently, Divided States of America: The Slash and Burn Politics of the 2004 Presidential Election (Longman, 2005) and Get in the Booth!: A Citizen’s Guide to the 2006 Midterm Elections (Longman, 2006). Dr. Sabato has served on many national and state commissions, including the National Commission for the Renewal of American Democracy and the U.S. Senate Campaign Finance Reform Panel. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics and the director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

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