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Author Zito, Salena, author.

Title The great revolt : inside the populist coalition reshaping American politics / Salena Zito and Brad Todd.

Publication Info. New York : Crown Forum, [2018]
©2018

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  306.2097 ZITO    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  324.973 ZITO    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  306.2097 ZITO    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  306.20973 ZI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 309 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-298) and index.
Contents Hidden in plain sight -- Red-blooded and blue-collared -- Perot-istas -- Rough rebounders -- Girl gun power -- Rotary reliables -- King Cyrus Christians -- Silent suburban moms -- A culture craving respect -- Pragmatism before ideology -- Localism, not globalism -- What comes next.
Summary "Standout syndicated columnist and CNN contributor Salena Zito, with veteran Republican strategist Brad Todd, reports across five swing states and over 27,000 miles to answer the pressing question: Was Donald Trump's election a fluke or did it represent a fundamental shift in the electorate that will have repercussions--for Republicans and Democrats--for years to come. The history of the American electorate is not a litany of flukes; instead it is a pattern of tectonic plate-grinding, punctuated by a landscape-altering earthquake every generation or so. Donald Trump's electoral coalition is smashing both American political parties and its previously impenetrable political news media. The political experts called the 2016 election wrong and in the wake of the 2016 election surprise, the experts have continued to blow it - looking to predict the coming demise of the President without pausing to consider the durability of the trends and winds that swept him into office. The Great Revolt delves deep into the minds and hearts of the voters the make up this coalition. What emerges is a group of citizens who cannot be described by terms like "angry," "male," "rural," or the often-used "racist." They span job descriptions, income brackets, education levels, and party allegiances. What unites them is their desire to be part of a movement larger than themselves that puts pragmatism before ideology, localism before globalism, and demands the respect it deserve from Washington. Zito and Todd have traveled on over 27,000 miles of country roads to interview more than 300 Trump voters in 10 swing counties. What they have discovered is that these voters were hiding in plain sight--ignored by both parties, the media, and the political experts all at once, ready to unite into the movement that spawned the greatest upset in recent electoral history. Deeply rooted in the culture of these Midwestern swing states, Zito and Brad Todd reframe the discussion of the "Trump voter" to answer the question: What next?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Public opinion.
Trump, Donald, 1946- (OCoLC)fst00174117
Political culture -- United States.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016.
Public opinion -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- Public opinion.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
Politics and government -- Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01919779
Presidents -- Election. (OCoLC)fst01075747
Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01082785
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2016
Added Author Todd, Brad, author.
Added Title Inside the populist coalition reshaping American politics
ISBN 9781524763688 (hardback)
1524763683 (hardback)
9781524763695 (ebook)
1524763691 (ebook)
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