A delightful look at chance and outrageous fortune. In 1968, John
Howard missed out on winning the state seat of Drummoyne by just
420 votes. Howard reflects- 'I think back how fortunate I was to
have lost.' It left him free to stand for a safe federal seat in
1974 and become one of Australia's longest-serving prime ministers.
In The Luck of Politics, Andrew Leigh weaves together numbers and
stories to show the many ways luck can change the course of
political events. This is a book full of fascinating facts and
intriguing findings. Why is politics more like poker than chess?
Does the length of your surname affect your political prospects?
What about your gender? From Winston Churchill to George Bush,
Margaret Thatcher to Paul Keating, this book will persuade you that
luck shapes politics - and that maybe, just maybe, we should avoid
the temptation to revere the winners and revile the losers. 'Andrew
Leigh takes the simplest idea there is - luck - and threatens to
remake your basic understanding of politics with it. Then he
succeeds. Lucky for us.' Waleed Aly 'It's rare to find a politician
prepared to acknowledge the role of luck - sheer chance - in
political success and failure. Andrew Leigh doesn't just
acknowledge it, he interrogates it, using fascinating historical
anecdotes to illustrate his tale.' Lenore Taylor
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