The Neglected Voter: White Men and the Democratic Dilemma

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, 02/10/2007 - 288 páginas

In the 1960s, the Republican Party began to win over a crucial demographic: white male voters. Presidential politics was transformed for a generation.
David Paul Kuhn explains this fundamental fact behind the rise of the Republicans and the decline of the Democrats, and reminds the political left that midterm victories (1986, 2006) do not always equal sustainable success. In revealing, lucid prose, Kuhn explains how America's conservative party came to win a majority of workingmen and the White House. Grounded in practical politics, The Neglected Voter presciently reconfigures the American political landscape. Equipped with unprecedented research data, reporting, and exclusive interviews with such figures as Jimmy Carter, Norman Mailer, Mark Warner, and Pat Robertson, Kuhn examines the role of gender and racial identity in presidential politics through the social changes that have defined the last half century.

 

Índice

Introduction The White Male Gap
1
The New Conservatism
20
Southern Man
44
The Breakup of the FDR Coalition and the False Dawn
61
God Manhood and Moral Values
81
The Strategic Rise of Reagan and the White Male
104
EchoChamber Journalism and Living with
128
The Perception of
150
Kicked Out and Charged with
164
Politics of the Common Man and Gun Culture
179
White Men and Democrats
231
Appendix of Studies
245
Index
272
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David Paul Kuhn covered the 2004 presidential campaign as Chief Political Writer for CBS.com, and is currently a Senior Political Writer and news analyst for The Politico. He has also written for The Washington Post Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Salon.com, and the Tokyo-based Yomiuri Shimbun. He lives in New York City.

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