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Elections & Political Process (Politics & Government, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Elections & Political Process (Politics & Government, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.80, median 494 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).

20Opportunity / 100
$9.80Median price
494Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $14.85
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)11%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 80% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 494 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $14.85, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Elections & Political Process best sellers

  1. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 book cover by Hunter S. Thompson

    Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

    by Hunter S. Thompson

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,409

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  2. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump book cover by Maggie Haberman

    Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

    by Maggie Haberman

    • List rank#2
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews5,908

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  3. Why We're Polarized book cover by Ezra Klein

    Why We're Polarized

    by Ezra Klein

    • List rank#3
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,241

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  4. The Fight Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators book cover by Maria Ressa

    The Fight Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators

    by Maria Ressa

    • List rank#4
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews15

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  5. The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement book cover by Victor Davis Hanson

    The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement

    by Victor Davis Hanson

    • List rank#5
    • Price$19.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews531

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  6. The Communist Manifesto book cover by Karl Marx

    The Communist Manifesto

    by Karl Marx

    • List rank#6
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews6,944

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  7. How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will—A Senator's Funny and Perce book cover by John Kennedy

    How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will—A Senator's Funny and Perceptive Takedown of Washington Politics

    by John Kennedy

    • List rank#7
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews15,723

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  8. Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities book cover by Rebecca Solnit

    Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

    by Rebecca Solnit

    • List rank#8
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,079

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  9. An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination book cover by Sheera Frenkel

    An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination

    by Sheera Frenkel

    • List rank#9
    • Price$10.44
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews1,749

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  10. How Did We Get Here?: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump book cover by Robert Dallek

    How Did We Get Here?: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump

    by Robert Dallek

    • List rank#10
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews114

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Subcategories

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FAQ

Is Elections & Political Process a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 494 reviews and sells for $9.80.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Elections & Political Process?

The median best seller has 494 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Elections & Political Process best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.80; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.85.

Can new books break into Elections & Political Process?

11% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.

About this data

Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.