The neglected voter : white men and the Democratic dilemma
"In the 1960s, the Republican Party began to win over a crucial demographic: white male voters. Presidential politics were 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 dominate this key voting bloc and consequently the White House. Equipped with unprecedented research data, reporting, and exclusive interviews, Kuhn examines the role of gender and racial identity in the presidential politics of the last half century. Grounded in practical politics, The Neglected Voter presciently reconfigures the American political landscape."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, 2007
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, N.Y., 2007
278 pages ; 25 cm
9781403982742, 1403982740
85892404
Introduction : the white male gap
Up from the ashes : the new conservatism and the white everyman
From the apex of liberalism to the decline of Democrats (1962-1968)
Southern man
Blue-collar backlash : Nixon and the men he understood (1969-1972)
The breakup of the FDR coalition and the false dawn of Carter (1972-1979)
The measure of the man: the politics of personal manhood
God, manhood, and moral values
The strategic rise of Reagan and the white male gap (1980)
Millett versus Mailer : Vietnam, feminism, and white manhood as vice
The peculiar American conservatism, patriotism, and the classic male (1981-1984)
Echo-chamber journalism and living with the like-minded
The value of grit
Against God and country : the perception of the effete liberal elitist (1988)
Those who work hard and play by the rules (1992)
The angry white male : kicked out and charged with abandonment
The hard way, and soccer moms
Politics of the common man and gun culture (2000-2003)
The "feminine party" in wartime : Bush, Kerry, and bravado (2004-2007)
The political culture of white manhood : taxed, downsized, emasculated, dreaming, believing, and antagonized
Reconciliation : white men and Democrats, toward 2008 and 2012