Title The case for identity politics : polarization, demographic change, and racial appeals / Christopher T. Stout

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource Series Race, ethnicity, and politics Race, ethnicity, and politics. Contents Foreword by Charles V. Hamilton -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The End of Identity Politics? -- The Increasing Significance of Race -- Stability and Change: How the Growing Racial Liberalism of White Democrats Influences Racial Polarization -- The Declining Significance of Class: Racial Polarization and White Working-Class Voters -- Polarization, Racialization, and White Partisan Political Behavior -- The Return of Black Consciousness -- The Increasing Importance of Racial Appeals for Black Voters Making the Connection: How the Current Political Climate Has Increased Latino Panethnic Linked Fate -- The Leaning Giant: Latinos and Racial Appeals -- Using Racial Appeals to Harness Demographic Change -- Conclusion: The Path of Least Resistance Summary Following the defeat of Hillary Clinton in the presidential election of 2016, many prominent scholars and political pundits argued that a successful Democratic Party in the future must abandon identity politics. While these calls for Democrats to distance themselves from such strategies have received much attention, there is scant academic work that empirically tests whether nonracial campaigns provide an advantage to Democrats today. As Christopher Stout explains, those who argue for deracialized appeals to voters may not be considering how several high-profile police shootings and acquittals, increasing evidence of growing racial economic disparities, retrenchments on voting rights, and the growth of racial hate groups have made race a more salient issue now than in the recent past. Moreover, they fail to account for how demographic changes in the United States have made racial and ethnic minorities a more influential voting bloc. The Case for Identity Politics finds that racial appeals are an effective form of outreach for Democratic candidates and enhance, rather than detract from, their electability in our current political climate Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 07, 2020) Subject Democratic Party (U.S.) SUBJECT Democratic Party (U.S.) fast Democratic Party USA gnd Subject Minorities -- Political activity -- United States Political campaigns -- United States Political culture -- United States Identity politics -- United States LAW -- Legal History. Race relations -- Political aspects Politics and government Political culture Political campaigns Minorities -- Political activity Identity politics Law Polarisierung Identitätspolitik Wahlverhalten Bevölkerungsentwicklung Ethnische Identität Minderheitenfrage Wahlkampf SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects Subject United States USA Genre/Form Informational works Informational works. Documents d'information. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813944999 0813944996

Other Titles Polarization, demographic change, and racial appeals

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