The great alignment : race, party transformation, and the rise of Donald Trump / Alan I. Abramowitz.

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Abramowitz, Alan [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780300235128
0300235127

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Great alignment.DDC classification:

324.273 23

LOC classification:

JK2261 .A27 2018eb
JK1726 .A347 2018e

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Contents:

A new age of partisanship -- The decline of the New Deal coalition, 1952-1988 -- From dealignment to alignment -- The changing political geography of the United States -- The new American electorate -- White racial resentment and the rise of Donald Trump -- Negative partisanship and the triumph of Trump.

Summary: "Alan I. Abramowitz has emerged as a leading spokesman for the view that our current political divide is not confined to a small group of elites and activists but a key feature of the American social and cultural landscape. The polarization of the political and media elites, he argues, arose and persists because it accurately reflects the state of American society. Here, he goes further: the polarization is unique in modern U.S. history. Today's party divide reflects an unprecedented alignment of many different divides: racial and ethnic, religious, ideological, and geographic. Abramowitz shows how the partisan alignment arose out of the breakup of the old New Deal coalition; introduces the most important difference between our current era and past eras, the rise of 'negative partisanship'; explains how this phenomenon paved the way for the Trump presidency; and examines why our polarization could even grow deeper. This statistically based analysis shows that racial anxiety is by far a better predictor of support for Donald Trump than any other factor, including economic discontent."--Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index.

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"Alan I. Abramowitz has emerged as a leading spokesman for the view that our current political divide is not confined to a small group of elites and activists but a key feature of the American social and cultural landscape. The polarization of the political and media elites, he argues, arose and persists because it accurately reflects the state of American society. Here, he goes further: the polarization is unique in modern U.S. history. Today's party divide reflects an unprecedented alignment of many different divides: racial and ethnic, religious, ideological, and geographic. Abramowitz shows how the partisan alignment arose out of the breakup of the old New Deal coalition; introduces the most important difference between our current era and past eras, the rise of 'negative partisanship'; explains how this phenomenon paved the way for the Trump presidency; and examines why our polarization could even grow deeper. This statistically based analysis shows that racial anxiety is by far a better predictor of support for Donald Trump than any other factor, including economic discontent."--Provided by publisher

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