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Clinton's Elections - 1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance (Hardcover)
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Clinton's Elections - 1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance (Hardcover)
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In the presidential elections of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the three
Democratic nominees won an average of about 10 percent of the
Electoral College vote - a smaller share than any party in any
three consecutive presidential elections in US history. In the next
seven elections, Democrats won the popular vote in all but one
(2004), a feat not achieved by a political party since the
Democratic Party's inception in the 1820s. What separated these
record-setting runs was the election and presidency of Bill
Clinton, whose pivotal role in ushering in a new era of American
politics - for better and for worse - this book explores. Perhaps
because Clinton's presidency was hobbled by six years of divided
government, ended in a sex scandal and impeachment, and was
sandwiched between Republican administrations, it is easy to forget
that he revived a presidential party that had become nearly
moribund. In Clinton's Elections Michael Nelson describes how, by
tacking relentlessly to the center, Clinton revived the Democrats'
presidential fortunes - but also, paradoxically, effectively erased
the center, in the process introducing the new political reality of
extreme partisan divisiveness and dysfunctional government. Tracing
Clinton's place in American politics from his emergence as a
potential nominee in 1988 to his role in political campaigns right
up to 2016, Nelson draws a deft portrait of a savvy politician
operating in the midst of divided government and making strategic
moves to consolidate power and secure future victories. With its
absorbing narrative and incisive analysis, his book makes sense of
a watershed in the modern American political landscape - and lays
bare the roots of our current era of political dysfunction.
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