America's Forgotten Majority Why The White Working Class Still Matters

Teixeira, Ruy; Rogers, Joel Townsley

ISBN 10: 0465083986 / ISBN 13: 9780465083985

Published by Basic Books, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: America's Forgotten Majority Why The White Working Class Still Matters
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465083986
• ISBN 13: 9780465083985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Ruy Teixeira and Joel Rogers tackle a central mystery of twentieth-century electoral politics—how did the Democratic party lose the vote of the white working class, which today constitutes roughly 55 percent of the electorate? And why do both parties continue to ignore the wants and needs of this critical mass of American voters?This "forgotten majority" has played a decisive role in federal elections and policy over the past thirty years, but its experience of declining prosperity and party neglect over the last several decades has left its loyalties unstable. Teixeira and Rogers argue that it is time for politicians to realize that this group will shape the nation's political fortunes in 2000 and beyond.

About the Author

Ruy Teixeira is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and the former Director of the Politics and Public Opinion Program at the Economic Policy Institute. He is the author of Why Americans Don't Vote and The Disappearing American Voter, and has written extensively for The New Republic, The Nation, and The American Prospect. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Joel Rogers is Professor of Law, Political Science, and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author or co-author of a number of books including The Hidden Election, Right Turn, On Democracy, and What Workers Want.