Media bias towards the american mind. And youre watching book tv on cspan2. Next professor lynn vavreck discusses her book the gamble in which she and her coauthor evaluate the factors that impacted the top to toe president ial election. This interview, part of book tv pellets series is just over 20 minutes. Host the gamble is the name of the book. Ucla professor lynn vavreck is a cutauthor of this book. Lynn vavreck, when you hear the term gained change in politics what does that mean to you . Guest it is a great question to start off talking about the 2012 election. It is something that happens during a campaign that fundamentally chefs the ways the election is headed. So if you are behind suddenly you have the chance of becoming at. If youre winning maybe now it really looks like you will start losing. Is something that shakes up the status quo. Host are there can changes in elections . Guest there certainly and can be. Have there been any recently not so much. That does not mean th