As we explained up front, the material in this book is primarily drawn from our own original reporting including hundreds of hours of interviews specifically for this book. We also drew from time spent on the campaign trail during the 2016, 2020, and 2022 elections, in the press pool of the Biden White House, and covering other key in-person events, including union rallies, town halls, election days, and the 2023 Democratic National Committee winter meetings.
To supplement our own reporting, we also relied on primary sources including original video broadcasts of key events and contemporaneous reporting from major media outlets. Our work also drew from archival materials and books.
The following list includes some of our key source material for readers who might be interested in revisiting some of our work or learning more about this topic. Each source is approximately arranged based on order of appearance in a given chapter. We are very grateful to the sources and subjects who shared their stories with us and to the reporters and researchers who helped inform our work.