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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... Nixon inherited Wallace's vote . In forty - five of fifty states , Nixon's vote in 1972 closely matched the sum of his and Wallace's vote in 1968. ( The exceptions were Maine , Hawaii , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , and West Virginia ...
... Nixon inherited Wallace's vote . In forty - five of fifty states , Nixon's vote in 1972 closely matched the sum of his and Wallace's vote in 1968. ( The exceptions were Maine , Hawaii , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , and West Virginia ...
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... Nixon became embroiled in the Watergate scandal , which led to his resignation and cast a pall over Republican candidates in the 1974 and 1976 elections . The scandal was , of course , the result of Nixon's malfeasance , but it would ...
... Nixon became embroiled in the Watergate scandal , which led to his resignation and cast a pall over Republican candidates in the 1974 and 1976 elections . The scandal was , of course , the result of Nixon's malfeasance , but it would ...
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... Nixon got 40 percent of the vote in 1968 , with Wallace taking another 10. In 1980 , Reagan won the county with 50 percent exactly the sum of Nixon and Wallace's vote . White working - class Jefferson County , just south of St. Louis ...
... Nixon got 40 percent of the vote in 1968 , with Wallace taking another 10. In 1980 , Reagan won the county with 50 percent exactly the sum of Nixon and Wallace's vote . White working - class Jefferson County , just south of St. Louis ...
Contents
The Politics of Postindustrial America | 1 |
Whos in the Emerging | 37 |
The Geography of the New Majority | 69 |
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