Description
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Primed for Partisanship
Sources of Partisan Polarization
Partisan Polarization in Congress
Polarization and Electoral Change
Is Polarization Confined to Activists?
Religion and Partisanship
Economic Inequality and the Ideological Fragmentation of the Mass Media
Conclusion
Chapter 3 To the White House Through Florida
One of Us
The Campaigns
The Vote
Florida
Conclusion
Chapter 4 The First Two Years: Before and After 9/11
The Bush Agenda
Tactics
After September 11
The 2002 Election
God’s Instrument
Chapter 5 Going to War in Iraq
The Case for War
Saddam and 9/11
The Public’s Response
Bringing Congress on Board
Popular Support for a Discretionary War
Chapter 6 Illusion, Disillusion, and Faith in the President after “Mission Accomplished”
Revising the Case for War
The Iraq Rally
Belief in the War’s Premises
The President’s Credibility
The Religious Factor
Faith in Bush
Conclusion
Chapter 7 The 2004 Elections: Mobilized Bases, Reinforced Divisions
The Democratic Nomination
An Avalanche of Money
The War in the Campaigns
Opinion Leadership
Rational Ignorance?
Mobilizing Voters
The Vote
The Congress
Aftermath
Chapter 8 President of Half the People
A Mandate?
The Campaign to Revamp Social Security
Why the Campaign Failed
The Bipartisan Consensus
Other Issues
The Terri Schaivo Case
Hurricane Katrina
The Iraq War in 2006
Going Public Again on the War
The Tactical Component
Unwavering Christian Conservatives
The Democrats’ Response
Intentional Polarization
The 2006 Midterm Elections
The Vote
Chapter 9 A New Way Forward
The President’s Response
The “New Way Forward”
Faulty Memories
Motivated Reasoning and Partisan Polarization
Selective Exposure
The Final Year
The Economic Crisis
Chapter 10 The Bush Legacy in the 2008 Elections
Party Image
Individual Party Identification
Macropartisanship
New Voters
The President, the War and the 2008 Nominations
The General Election
The Vote
The Congressional Elections
Chapter 11 Conclusions and Speculations
Competing Realities
The Political Legacy
Obama’s Inheritance
Appendix: Data Sources and Question Wordings
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