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The Great alignment :

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0300207131

(Number (ISBN

9780300207132

Erroneous ISBN

9780300245738

Title Proper

The Great alignment :

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[Book]

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race, party transformation, and the rise of Donald Trump /

First Statement of Responsibility

Alan I. Abramowitz.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

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xvi, 196 pages :

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illustrations ;

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22 cm

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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.

Trump, Donald,1946-

Trump, Donald,1946-

Divided government-- United States.

Identity politics-- United States.

Polarization (Social sciences)-- United States.

Political culture-- United States.

Political parties-- United States.

Divided government.

Identity politics.

Polarization (Social sciences)

Political culture.

Political parties.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- American Government.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Campaigns & Elections.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Parties.

Politics and government.

Race relations.

Social conditions.

United States, Politics and government, 21st century.

United States, Race relations.

United States, Social conditions, 21st century.

United States.

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Abramowitz, Alan

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20200822100702.0

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