Divided America
By: Earl Black, Merle Black.
Contributors: Black, Merle.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780743262064
Subjects: Political parties -- United States; Party affiliation -- United States; Divided government -- United States; Political culture -- United States -- Regional disparities; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Description: Identifying geographically based political systems that have divided the United States into five specific regions, an analysis of the confrontational relationships between the emerging new parties offers insight into how elections are fought and won today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Competitive America; title: America's political regions; title: The Republican strongholds; title: The Democratic strongholds; title: The divided Midwest; title: The presidential power struggle; title: The power struggle in the House of Representatives; title: The power struggle in the Senate; title: The American power struggle.