The Emerging Democratic MajorityONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A WINNER OF THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY'S ANNUAL POLITICAL BOOK AWARD Political experts John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira convincingly use hard data -- demographic, geographic, economic, and political -- to forecast the dawn of a new progressive era. In the 1960s, Kevin Phillips, battling conventional wisdom, correctly foretold the dawn of a new conservative era. His book, The Emerging Republican Majority, became an indispensable guide for all those attempting to understand political change through the 1970s and 1980s. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with the country in Republican hands, The Emerging Democratic Majority is the indispensable guide to this era. In five well-researched chapters and a new afterword covering the 2002 elections, Judis and Teixeira show how the most dynamic and fastest-growing areas of the country are cultivating a new wave of Democratic voters who embrace what the authors call "progressive centrism" and take umbrage at Republican demands to privatize social security, ban abortion, and cut back environmental regulations. As the GOP continues to be dominated by neoconservatives, the religious right, and corporate influence, this is an essential volume for all those discontented with their narrow agenda -- and a clarion call for a new political order. |
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... Clinton and Vice President Gore "A brilliant analysis of contemporary American politics." — Thomas Edsall, The Washington Post "At a time when many Americans are anxious about our changing demographic profile, Judis and Teixeira show ...
... Clinton and Vice President Gore "A brilliant analysis of contemporary American politics." — Thomas Edsall, The Washington Post "At a time when many Americans are anxious about our changing demographic profile, Judis and Teixeira show ...
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... Clinton for him to defeat George Bush for the presidency. The Democrats lost these voters in the November 1 994 congressional elections, but Clinton won many of them back after The Emerging Democratic Majority 3.
... Clinton for him to defeat George Bush for the presidency. The Democrats lost these voters in the November 1 994 congressional elections, but Clinton won many of them back after The Emerging Democratic Majority 3.
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... Clinton-era scandals and by his own ineptitude as a campaigner, nonetheless got more votes than Republican George Bush, and together with left-wing third-party candidate Ralph Nader, won 51.1 percent of the popular vote. This emerging ...
... Clinton-era scandals and by his own ineptitude as a campaigner, nonetheless got more votes than Republican George Bush, and together with left-wing third-party candidate Ralph Nader, won 51.1 percent of the popular vote. This emerging ...
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... Clintons victory in 1992, but in H. Ross Perots third- party candidacy and the rise of new kinds of independent voters. The Republican takeover of Congress in November 1994 seemed to show that Clinton's win and Perot's strong showing ...
... Clintons victory in 1992, but in H. Ross Perots third- party candidacy and the rise of new kinds of independent voters. The Republican takeover of Congress in November 1994 seemed to show that Clinton's win and Perot's strong showing ...
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... Clinton, Democrats have defined themselves as the party of the average American and Republicans as the party of the wealthy and powerful. The Democrats have not necessarily stigmatized the rich and powerful, but they have insisted that ...
... Clinton, Democrats have defined themselves as the party of the average American and Republicans as the party of the wealthy and powerful. The Democrats have not necessarily stigmatized the rich and powerful, but they have insisted that ...
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