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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... economic growth - of the late 1970s and the decline of American power overseas . This new Republican majority was based in the Sunbelt , which stretched from Vir- ginia down to Florida , across to Texas and over to California , but also ...
... economic growth - of the late 1970s and the decline of American power overseas . This new Republican majority was based in the Sunbelt , which stretched from Vir- ginia down to Florida , across to Texas and over to California , but also ...
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... economy faltering , Clinton tapped the Democrats ' New Deal legacy to promise new jobs and greater economic security ; he invoked Democratic populism , promising to " put people first " and flaying Bush and the Republicans for favoring ...
... economy faltering , Clinton tapped the Democrats ' New Deal legacy to promise new jobs and greater economic security ; he invoked Democratic populism , promising to " put people first " and flaying Bush and the Republicans for favoring ...
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... Economic Issues , May 1998 Taxes and Spending Latinos Whites Should spend more on social programs , even if it means ... economic issues . His- panics , who were concentrated in the working class , were Democrats on grounds of economics ...
... Economic Issues , May 1998 Taxes and Spending Latinos Whites Should spend more on social programs , even if it means ... economic issues . His- panics , who were concentrated in the working class , were Democrats on grounds of economics ...
Contents
The Politics of Postindustrial America | 1 |
Whos in the Emerging | 37 |
The Geography of the New Majority | 69 |
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