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The title was introduced during a conversation with Andrew Yang, who coauthored the novel, and the hosts highlighted its fictional yet plausible scenario of a third‑party candidate whose unorthodox campaign could trigger a collapse of the U.S. electoral system, tying the premise to current political anxieties. The discussion framed the book as an intriguing, thought‑provoking exploration of potential future electoral chaos.
Episode: Fiction, Politics, and the Road Ahead with Andrew...
The novel was presented as a fictional but plausible scenario about a thirdparty candidate whose campaign could trigger a breakdown of the U.S. electoral system, and its premise was tied to current political anxieties.
A new novel coauthored by American businessman and former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang explores that very question. In this episode, we talk to Yang about his new book, The Last Election, and why he thinks its explosive premise is frighteningly possible.
Andrew, thank you for joining us. So you've coauthored a new novel titled The Last Election that follows the campaign of a thirdparty candidate who's extremely unorthodox, both sort of morally and politically, and whose success could trigger the total breakdown of the electoral system in the U.S.
And not to give too much away, as you said, things escalate rather quickly, hence the title The Last Election.
And we may see an 1860 style three, four or five candidate race as early as 2024. To that question of a third party candidate, as we mentioned, one of the lead characters of your book is such a candidate and he's very much unorthodox, including morally in terms of how he presents himself to the public.