The two Americas
Subtitle: our current political deadlock and how to break it
By: Stanley B. Greenberg.
Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Democratic Party (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2004; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Description: The 2000 presidential left the world standing still, but it was no fluke. America is divided right down the middle--the product of a half-century, unique in our country's history, of inconclusive, increasingly heated partisan battle. Tantalizingly close to victory, each party inflames and mobilizes its most loyal supporters and battles to gain even a small edge with some contested groups. Politics has become culture war - a fight about values, faith, the family, how people should live their lives. The result: partisans are more partisan, politics more polarized, America more divided. This book tells the history of each party's failed efforts to dominate the era's politics and ideas, radically changing the political landscape. It provides an in-depth guide to the new groups at the center of our politics. Internationally renowned political strategist and pollster Stanley Greenberg puts the reader in the room with the strategists and politicians and shows how each party can win, even shatter the impasse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Revised and expanded since the 2004 election"--Cover.