The Emerging Democratic MajorityAt the beginning of the 21st century, with the Presidency and the House in Republican hands, political experts Judis and Teixeira convincingly use hard data to forecast the dawn of a new progressive era. |
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... Carter and the Democrats had become incapable of managing the economy , many Americans also began to doubt Carter and the Democrats ' leadership in foreign policy . During Carter's years , Soviet allied regimes took power in Angola ...
... Carter and the Democrats had become incapable of managing the economy , many Americans also began to doubt Carter and the Democrats ' leadership in foreign policy . During Carter's years , Soviet allied regimes took power in Angola ...
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... Carter years convinced voters who were worried by Reagan's missile - rattling anticommunism that it was nonetheless time for a change . Reagan and the Republicans were also able to draw on some voters ' dis- comfort with the ...
... Carter years convinced voters who were worried by Reagan's missile - rattling anticommunism that it was nonetheless time for a change . Reagan and the Republicans were also able to draw on some voters ' dis- comfort with the ...
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... Carter's election , his pollster , Pat Caddell , drafted a memo spelling out how Carter could create a new realignment out of his majority . Caddell , who had also served as McGov- ern's pollster in 1972 , produced an astute piece of ...
... Carter's election , his pollster , Pat Caddell , drafted a memo spelling out how Carter could create a new realignment out of his majority . Caddell , who had also served as McGov- ern's pollster in 1972 , produced an astute piece of ...
Contents
The Politics of Postindustrial America | 1 |
Whos in the Emerging | 37 |
The Geography of the New Majority | 69 |
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