The Trump Phenomenon : How the Politics of Populism Won In 2016.

Front Cover -- The Trump Phenomenon -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Democratic Culture and Civic Virtue -- Character -- Business Career -- Political Worldview -- Working the Binaries -- 3. The Trump Voter: Labeling the Baskets -- The Outcome -- What Do Voters Know? -- The Polarization of the Electorate -- Who Voted for Trump? -- Why Did Voters Support Trump? -- At Last, Labeling the Baskets -- 4. Institutional Openings to Authoritarianism -- The Mass Media: Channels of Information and Disinformation -- From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of the White Backlash -- The Southern Strategy and White Nationalism -- The Christian Right -- Obama as a Double Threat to the Tea Party -- 5. Postscript -- References -- Index.

On November 8, 2016, American voters elected Donald J. Trump to become the 45th President of the United States. Peter Kivisto analyses how this happened, focusing on who Trump is, who his supporters are, and the role of the media, right-wing Christians, and the Republican Party in making Trump's victory possible.

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