Description Bill Schneider, former CNN senior political analyst, takes us inside the voting booth in "a detailed examination of recent presidential elections studded with sharp observations...
A good choice for political junkies" (Kirkus Reviews).
Required reading for an understanding of the 2016 election and the political future, Schneider\'s "fast-paced" (Publishers Weekly) Standoff shows how Americans vote and why their votes sometimes seem to make no practical sense..
It is usually values that trump economics.
It takes us inside to watch how and why Americans pull the lever, how they choose their issues, and select their leaders.
Standoff tells us why fifty years of presidential contests have often been confounding.
He shows why an intense minority cancels a majority on gun control, immigration, small government, and international interests.
He points to the public that draws the line on abortion and affirmative action.
He asserts the power of public opinion.
Standoff examines a number of hard-fought elections to show us how we got to Trump.
He embraces social populism (anti-immigrant), economic populism (anti-free trade), and isolationism ("America First").
Trump, says Schneider, is the complete populist package.
Liberals are attacked as cultural elitists ("limousine liberals"), and conservatives as economic elitists ("country club conservatives").
Bill Schneider describes today\'s American populism in Standoff as one that is economically progressive and culturally conservative.
In the 1960s, a rift developed between the Old America and the New America that resulted in a populist backlash that ultimately elected Donald Trump in 2016.
Description Bill Schneider, former CNN senior political analyst, takes us inside the voting booth in "a detailed examination of recent presidential elections studded with sharp observations...
A good choice for political junkies" (Kirkus Reviews)
