Contributor

Larry Sabato

Author "The Kennedy Half-Century"

Dr. Larry J. Sabato is the author of " The Kennedy Half Century:
The Presidency, Assassination, and Enduring Legacy of John F. Kennedy
" (Bloomsbury USA).

He is the founder and director of the renowned Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. He is also the University Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and has had visiting appointments at Oxford University and Cambridge University in Great Britain. A Rhodes Scholar, he received his doctorate from Oxford, and is the author or editor of two dozen books on American politics, including The Rise of Political Consultants, Feeding Frenzy, A More Perfect Constitution, and Barack Obama and the New America.

Dr. Sabato is a well-known election analyst who has appeared on television news shows hundreds of times. In 2013 Dr. Sabato won an Emmy for the documentary Out of Order, which he produced to highlight the dysfunctional U.S. Senate. He directs the Crystal Ball website, which has an unparalleled record of accuracy in predicting U.S. elections. Dr. Sabato has taught tens of thousands of students, and has received every major teaching award at the University of Virginia, which has also given him the University’s highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award. For more information, go to www.centerforpolitics.org.