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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... continued to support Republicans largely because professionals still tended to share the economic outlook of small businessmen : they were suspicious of government spending on jobs and feared deficits were imperiling the economy . Like ...
... continued to support Republicans largely because professionals still tended to share the economic outlook of small businessmen : they were suspicious of government spending on jobs and feared deficits were imperiling the economy . Like ...
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... continued to govern domestically from the right rather than the center , and the Republican leaders in the House and Sen- ate have , if anything , hardened their own conservative convictions . Rather than using his newfound popularity ...
... continued to govern domestically from the right rather than the center , and the Republican leaders in the House and Sen- ate have , if anything , hardened their own conservative convictions . Rather than using his newfound popularity ...
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... continued to argue for reducing regulations and for cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy even further . They were motivated partly by laissez - faire ide- ology , but also by alliances with business lobbies in Washington that ...
... continued to argue for reducing regulations and for cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy even further . They were motivated partly by laissez - faire ide- ology , but also by alliances with business lobbies in Washington that ...
Contents
The Politics of Postindustrial America | 1 |
Whos in the Emerging | 37 |
The Geography of the New Majority | 69 |
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