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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... Senate - even picking up two seats from 1970 - and a 244-191 advantage in the House of Representatives . " Republicans failed to take the Congress partly because opposition to civil rights was not sufficiently strong in the North and ...
... Senate - even picking up two seats from 1970 - and a 244-191 advantage in the House of Representatives . " Republicans failed to take the Congress partly because opposition to civil rights was not sufficiently strong in the North and ...
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... Senate at the end of that year , fourteen of those senators were conservative Southern Democrats . When Carter tried to get Congress to enact the Democratic agenda of progressive tax reform , energy conservation , and consumer pro ...
... Senate at the end of that year , fourteen of those senators were conservative Southern Democrats . When Carter tried to get Congress to enact the Democratic agenda of progressive tax reform , energy conservation , and consumer pro ...
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... Senate in 1980 , Democratic strategists once again confronted the question of how to regain a majority . In Congress , a group of Democrats - dubbed Atari Democrats for their interest in the " information revolution " -advanced a ...
... Senate in 1980 , Democratic strategists once again confronted the question of how to regain a majority . In Congress , a group of Democrats - dubbed Atari Democrats for their interest in the " information revolution " -advanced a ...
Contents
The Politics of Postindustrial America | 1 |
Whos in the Emerging | 37 |
The Geography of the New Majority | 69 |
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