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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... reform . It was the first intimation of the Democrats ' progressive centrism . In that election , Mondale attacked Reagan for running deficits and promised to reduce the deficit , even if that meant raising taxes . Such a stance ...
... reform . It was the first intimation of the Democrats ' progressive centrism . In that election , Mondale attacked Reagan for running deficits and promised to reduce the deficit , even if that meant raising taxes . Such a stance ...
Page 104
... reform and third - party efforts from the farmer - labor parties of the 1920s to John Anderson , Perot , Minnesota gov- ernor Jesse Ventura , and Nader . Gore should have won easily in 2000 , but barely won both states because the ...
... reform and third - party efforts from the farmer - labor parties of the 1920s to John Anderson , Perot , Minnesota gov- ernor Jesse Ventura , and Nader . Gore should have won easily in 2000 , but barely won both states because the ...
Page 135
... reforms in education , health care , child care , and housing . These reforms were incremental , but like Clinton's proposal for extending medicare to younger retirees , they could represent steps toward major reforms . " Quantity would ...
... reforms in education , health care , child care , and housing . These reforms were incremental , but like Clinton's proposal for extending medicare to younger retirees , they could represent steps toward major reforms . " Quantity would ...
Contents
The Politics of Postindustrial America | 1 |
Whos in the Emerging | 37 |
The Geography of the New Majority | 69 |
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