Moral values dominated the post-election headlines in 2004. Analysts pointed to exit polls, strong turnout among evangelicals, and controversy over gay marriage as evidence that the election had been decided along religious lines.
Extremist movements aren't new, but the tragic events in Oklahoma City, New York City, and elsewhere have awakened Americans to this frightening reality within our borders. What sorts of fringe groups exist? Who joins up and why? Beginning with a summary of pre-1960 movements, this work discusses conspiracy theories and what motivates extremists.
Continuity and Change Over Ten Presidential Elections
From party polarization, elections, and internal party politics, to the evolution of the US presidency, John S. Jackson's new book has something for everyone interested in American politics. Beginning with a discussion of the creation of the US government to the formation of today's political powerhouses, Jackson provides a narrative sweep of ......
Changing Politics and Demographics in the Mountain West
The Mountain West - Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah - has become the new swing region in American politics. All signs point to these states, especially Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, being crucial in the 2012 election. This title presents the facts necessary for understanding what is happening in this region.
How Mitch McConnell and His Senate Sacrificed America
In two previous highly regarded books on the U.S. Senate, Ira Shapiro chronicled the institution from its apogee in the 1970s through its decline in the decades since. Now, Shapiro turns his gaze to how the Senate responded to the challenges posed by the Trump administration and its prospects under President Biden.
The Shifting Urban-Rural Divide in America's Swing States
Democratic-leaning urban areas in states that otherwise lean Republican is an increasingly important phenomenon in American politics. Blue Metros, Red States explores this phenomenon by analysing demographic trends, voting patterns, economic data, and social characteristics of twenty-seven major metropolitan areas in thirteen swing states.
Provides a fascinating and scrupulously research account of the Chanak crisis, when an invasion, a leaked media story and a Prime Minister's decision divided the Australian public, and brought Commonwealth relations to their knees.
In 1800 the Jeffersonian Republicans, decisive victors over what they considered elitist Federalism, seized the potential for change in the new American nation. This book examines the fusion of ideas and circumstances which made possible this triumph of America's popular political movement.
