America's forgotten majority
Subtitle: why the white working class still matters
By: Ruy Teixeira, Joel Rogers
Contributors: Rogers, Joel, 1952-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780465083985
Subjects: Politics and government; Blanken; Kiesgedrag; Elections; Arbeidersklasse; Political activity; Working class whites
Description: "Welcome to the real America, dominated by America's "forgotten majority" - white working-class men and women who make up fifty-five percent of the voting population. In America's Forgotten Majority, Ruy Teixeira and Joel Rogers argue persuasively that this group, and not the oft-quoted "soccer moms and wired workers," will decide the fate of America's commitment to a strong government in the years to come.

Using exit interviews, census data and other sources from the last forty years of elections, Teixeira and Rogers argue that the key to reaching these voters is offering programs that will both radically improve their economic situation and remain consistent with their deeply held values, among them fairness, hard work and equal opportunity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing America's forgotten majority-and why it is the key to our political future --; title: How the forgotten majority enriches the conventional wisdom on U.S. politics --; title: Did the forgotten majority matter in the 1990s?-The elections of 1992 and 1994 --; title: Did the forgotten majority matter in the 1990s-The elections of 1996 and 1998 --; title: Does the forgotten majority still matter? --; title: Modilizing the forgotten majority.