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The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States in
November 2016 was a political earthquake, one supporters and
detractors alike agree has changed the course of history. The
policy implications have been stark and will continue well beyond
his presidency. The political implications have been perhaps even
more drastic—for both political parties. Trump has shaken the
40-year-old coalition of traditional conservatives, orthodox
religious voters, and free-market libertarians that has
long-composed the Republican Party. The Republican Resistance:
#NeverTrump Conservatives and the Future of the GOP explores the
members of that coalition, especially traditional,
establishment-oriented Republicans and conservative intellectuals
who opposed his candidacy, who generally still oppose his
presidency, and who represent the elite-in-waiting that believes it
will have to rebuild the GOP when the Trump coalition implodes. In
the end, The Republican Resistance argues that the Trump presidency
and the #NeverTrump countermovement reflect key features of modern
American politics which both major political parties must contend:
the rise of a populist insurgency intent on overtaking the parties
from within and challenges of embracing demographic and structural
realities on the one hand while catering to a political base often
built to oppose those trends on the other.
Donald Trump has faced unprecedented opposition from members of his
own party to his candidacy, election, and presidency. This
opposition, known collectively as #NeverTrump Republicans, opposes
Trump for a variety of reasons, but is united in its assessment
that he is temperamentally unfit to be president. The contributors
in The Republican Resistance: #NeverTrump Conservatives and the
Future of the GOP detail the origins of this movement, with
particular focus on the 2016 election cycle, and explore how
#NeverTrump opponents have continued their resistance through the
Trump presidency. The contributors argue that the Trump presidency
and the #NeverTrump opposition represent a key feature of modern
American politics in which both major American political parties
must contend: the rise of a populist insurgency intent on
overtaking the party from within. The Republican Resistance
examines the implications of this populist revolt on the GOP and
the challenges of embracing demographic and structural realities on
the one hand while catering to a political base built to oppose
those trends on the other.
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