Schneider is the author of Standoff: How America Became Ungovernable, published by Simon & Schuster in 2018.
            
         Schneider has covered every U.S. presidential and midterm election since 1964, first as a Harvard University graduate student and later for The Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic Monthly, CNN and Al Jazeera English.   Schneider has been labeled ``the nation's electionmeister'' by The Washington Times and ``the Aristotle of American politics'' by The Boston Globe.  

         Campaigns and Elections Magazine called him ``the most consistently intelligent analyst on television.''  He was a member of the CNN political team that won an Emmy for its 2006 election coverage and a Peabody for its 2008 coverage.
            
        Schneider received his B.A. from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University.  In 2003, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University awarded Schneider its Centennial Medal for contributions to society.  He is also the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Brandeis University in 2008.