Red States, Blue States, and the Coming Sharecropper Society.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I -- 1. America Today -- 2. The Great American Divide-Red States versus Blue States -- 3. Red State-Blue State Demographics -- The Red States -- The Blue States -- Population and Electoral Votes -- Income, Finance and the State Economies -- Summary -- 4. Implications of a Red-State Dominated America -- Historical Roots of Red-State America -- Economic Roots and Characteristics of Red-State America -- Red-State Cultural Characteristics -- 1. Red-State Culture Exploitation Characteristics -- 2. Red-State Culture Social and Economic Imbalance Characteristics -- 3. Red-State Culture Debt Characteristics -- 4. Red-State Culture Dynamism Characteristics -- The Future of a Red-State Dominated America -- Part II -- 5. The Democratic Party and the Advocacy of a Blue-State Culture -- Red-State Model Alternatives -- Blue-State Model -- The Democratic Party Role in a Blue-State Model -- Democrats and the 2002/2004 Elections -- Democrats and the California 50th Congressional District Election -- Democrats and the Lack of Vision and Message -- Democrats and Class-Based Politics -- Can the Democrats Lead? -- 6. Democrats in the 1920s -- 7. William Jennings Bryan and His Red-State Legacy -- 8. Toward a Twenty-First Century New Deal -- Objectives of a Twenty-first Century New Deal -- 1. Need for Law and Order -- 2. Need for Openness and Fairness -- 3. Need for the Primacy of Community Values while Respecting Individual Initiative -- 4. Priorities in a Twenty-First Century New Deal -- Summary -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

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