A Tale of Two Parties: Living Amongst Democrats and Republicans Since 1952 (Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance)

Since 1952, the social bases of the Democratic and Republican parties have undergone radical reshuffling. At the start of this period southern Blacks favored Lincoln’s Republican Party over suspect Democrats, and women favored Democrats more than Republicans. In 2020 these facts have been completely reversed. __A Tale of Two Parties: Living Amongst Democrats and Republicans Since 1952__ traces through this transformation by showing: * How the United States society has changed over the last seven decades in terms of regional growth, income, urbanization, education, religion, ethnicity, and ideology; * How differently the two parties have appealed to groups in these social cleavages; * How groups in these social cleavages have become concentrated within the bases of the Democratic and Republican parties; * How party identification becomes intertwined with social identity to generate polarization akin to that of rapid sports fans or primitive tribes. __A Tale of Two Parties: Living Amongst Democrats and Republicans Since 1952__ will have a wide and enthusiastic readership among political scientists and researchers of American politics, campaigns and elections, and voting and elections. "Different groups of Americans have different interests in politics. The Democratic and Republican parties are supposed to aggregate and articulate this interest in government after campaigning in elections. Many observers believe that both parties performed their interest aggregation and articulation functions better in the past than in the present. A Tale of Two Parties: Living Amongst Democrats and Republicans Since 1952 tackles the following objectives: How the United States society has changed over the last six decades in terms of occupation, education, regional growth, urbanization, religion, ethnicity, and ideology; Summarize how the Democratic and Republican parties have shifted over time in representing these social groups-thus differing in aggregating their interests; To indicate how the two major U.S. parties have articulated the political interests of their social bases in congressional voting in the House of Representatives over time; Assess the prospects for interest aggregation and articulation by governments over the next decade. A Tale of Two Parties: Living Amongst Democrats and Republicans Since 1952 will have a wide and enthusiastic readership among political scientists and researchers of American politics, campaigns and elections, and voting and elections"-- Provided by publisher This book tackles how the United States society has changed over the last six decades in terms of occupation, education, regional growth, urbanization, religion, ethnicity, and ideology, and how the Democratic and Republican parties have responded to these shifts over time.