By John Kenneth White
As the 2016 election crusade attests, the Grand previous Party—once reasonable or even magnanimous—has fallen right into a legal of its personal making by way of presidential politics. After the debacle of the George W. Bush presidency and the rout of the Romney candidacy, Republicans stated they have to increase their base, turn into extra inclusive, and go back to the heat of Reagan idealism. in its place, what we have now is a sour, backbiting, and race- and gender-baiting crusade with a candidate extra specific than any earlier than him. How did we get the following and the way will we get out? This ebook tracks the fashionable heritage of the Republican occasion and indicates its decline, even whereas shining a gentle on its excessive issues and urging it again in a good path. each reader drawn to the united states presidential election, the first approach, and the conflict of politics and tradition will locate whatever enlightening in John White’s exposition. specifically, he places the Age of Trump into viewpoint, on reflection in addition to ahead in his analysis.
Who is that this booklet for?
- Students of yank govt, political events, campaigns & elections
- Scholars in political technological know-how and political history
- General readers attracted to the present presidential crusade and the healthiness of yank democracy
Features
1. Current. Anticipates the present nation of the Republican social gathering, at odds with itself up to with the yankee public. comprises 2014 midterm election information with an eye fixed towards the 2016 presidential contest.
2. A large historic sweep. Covers a large old interval from the Fifties (Eisenhower period) to the current, with a robust emphasis at the Reagan years which signify the GOP at its zenith.
3. Efficient use of polling and demographic data. Takes a wide swath of ancient facts (including polling information) and offers it in a condensed, readable structure. even as, the reader isn't inundated by way of polling and demographic data.
4. Bold. Any reader will come clear of this e-book figuring out that the GOP trouble is probably going to final for your time to return. the issues Republicans face are either highbrow and political. they don't seem to be more likely to be solved by means of anybody candidate or election and should be compounded and confounded by way of the occasions of 2016.
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