America's Forgotten Majority: Why The White Working Class Still MattersA powerful look at the real America, dominated by America's "forgotten majority"-white working-class men and women who make up 55 percent of the voting population |
Contents
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How the Forgotten Majority Enriches | 23 |
The Elections of 1992 and 1994 | 67 |
The Elections of 1996 and 1998 | 95 |
Does the Forgotten Majority Still Matter? | 129 |
Mobilizing the Forgotten Majority | 147 |
Afterword | 175 |
Appendix | 187 |
Notes | 193 |
Acknowledgments | 217 |
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America's Forgotten Majority: Why The White Working Class Still Matters Ruy Teixeira,Joel Townsley Rogers No preview available - 2008 |
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Page v - What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise.