Stephanie Muravchik is a historian and an associate fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. She is the author of American Protestantism in the Age of Psychology (Cambridge, 2011). Jon A. Shields is associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. His most recent book is Passing on the Right: Conservative Professors in the Progressive University (Oxford, 2016).
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Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Three Democratic Communities
2. Dragon Energy
3. The Don
4. America First
5. Make America Great Again
6. Democrats No More?
Appendix. Long-Standing Democratic Counties that Voted for Trump
Notes
Index
Trumps Democrats is an outstanding ethnographic study that illuminates why so many Democratic-dominated white working-class communities shifted to the Republican column in 2016 and may remain there in 2020. The authorsexamination of these communities honour culture breaks new ground."-William A. Galston, senior fellow, The Brookings Institution "The most insightful account yet of white working-class voters who left the Democratic Party for Donald Trump. Muravchik and Shields provide a deeply engaging narrative. Must reading for anyone interested in understanding and bridging Americas profound divisions."-Stephen Macedo, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics, Princeton University "Muravchik and Shields leave behind the familiar cliches of the Trump era and highlight the complex social reality of the chasm that increasingly defines our politics. This is a model of what great social science can reveal, and a must-read for anyone who wants to understand Americas future."-Yuval Levin, American Enterprise Institute "Shields and Muravchik have done something incredibly rare in our polarized world: listened. They went out to the places where formerly Democratic voters turned to Trump and dug deep into their way of seeing the world. What theyve brought back from their exploration is the most valuable fruit of the social scientific enterprise, which is surprise. No one seeking to understand the terrain of the 2020 election should miss this first-class piece of scholarship."-Steven Teles, professor of political science, Johns Hopkins University "Is Trumps alpha male act evidence of narcissism or his adherence toan honour culture thats widely embraced in working-class communities of all races? Why do working-class whites support both Trump and Bernie Sanders? Read this book and find out. It offers urgent political advice to anyone committed to ensuring that Trump does not win in 2020-and to help Democrats repair their relationship with the white working class when Trump finally fades from view." Joan C. Williams, Hastings College of the Law, University of California