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Lädt ... The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politicsvon Salena Zito, Brad Todd
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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? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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So, how is the book structured? It’s 266 pages, and focuses almost exclusively on Trump and Trump supporters. The authors identify seven archetype voters supporting Trump in ten particular Midwest counties, and then focuses a chapter on each of the seven, e.g. King Cyrus Christians. The “meat” of each chapter is a mini-bio on three or four voters in each chapter with commentary from the voter on her/his life and why the interviewee voted for Trump. There is also some general profile data on the town and/or county with some stats, but far less than I had hoped for. There are a few additional chapters, e.g. “Localism, not Globalism”, which attempt to give a big picture view of common themes and a view of what might be coming next.
There is no balance here. This is 90+% about Trump; it is not a post-election study of what happened. Most Trump supporters will devour every word. I wanted a bigger picture of what happened across the country and how each campaign drove the results. This was not the book for me. Secondly, the first two or three of these mini bios were interesting for me, but after a while they became rather similar, with far too much emphasis on their lives (why I’ve driven a school bus for the past 20 years….), and not enough focus on why these voters voted the way they did, as well as why they didn’t vote for the other candidate. It is not clear to me if the voters could not articulate their motivations in more depth or if the interviewers failed to draw that detail out. One aspect of the 2016 election that has fascinated me is the very strong negative emotion many voters felt for Hillary Clinton, and I have been trying to understand why. That emotion surfaced in GR naturally, and there were a few toss away quotes about not paying attention to the voter’s town, or looking down on us, etc. but it left me with the sense that no, there’s something else there, but that answer is not in this book. Issues such as immigration and racism were not given sufficient attention; I can only wonder why not. Finally, I thought the book was at its weakest when it tried to extrapolate the data and suggest what might lie ahead. The authors are clearly suggesting a movement. I think it’s way to early to tell, and history may suggest otherwise. I didn’t find any of those pages insightful.
Reading GR was not a totally negative experience. I did find it interesting that so many of the subjects interviewed had voted for Obama. It is a really key point in the book and while I appreciated the “aha!” I was disappointed that the reasons for switching parties in 2016 were not expanded. ( )