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Author Blumenthal, Seth, author.

Title Children of the silent majority : young voters and the rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980 / Seth Blumenthal
Published Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 363 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. New Nixon and the Youth Problem, 1968 -- 2. Law and Order -- 3. "The Orderly Process of Change": Nixon and Youth Issues -- 4. Nixon and New Republicans -- 5. "Acid, Amnesty and Abortion": New Politics and George McGovern's Campaign -- 6. YVP -- 7. "Right On, Mr. President": Young Voters and the Politics of Image -- 8. From Watergate to Reagan
Summary "Our image of youth in the late 1960s is one of radical left-wing opponents of the Vietnam War who were implacably opposed to the Nixon administration. And yet Richard Nixon and the Republican Party spent a good bit of time and money cultivating the youth vote, forming a cadre of young conservatives who would support his election and, in many cases, eventually be the foot-soldiers in the Reagan revolution. In this book Seth Blumenthal tells the story of Nixon's efforts to foster the development of young conservatives. With the passage of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, the voting age in this country dropped to 18, creating a large number of new, young voters. Contrary to what some have argued, Blumenthal shows that Nixon actively sought support among young voters and describes an elaborate grass roots campaign that succeeded in attracting many youth to the Republican Party. He tells us who these people were, what they believed in, and to what extent they stuck with the Republican Party after Watergate. Finally, he shows how the methods Nixon used were later employed by the Republican Party in support of Ronald Reagan"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-344) and index
Subject Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
SUBJECT Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. fast (OCoLC)fst00031384
Subject Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 20th century
United States. Constitution. 26th Amendment.
SUBJECT Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) fast (OCoLC)fst00544975
Constitution (United States) fast (OCoLC)fst01356075
Subject Young adults -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Party affiliation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1972
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Party affiliation.
Politics and government.
Presidents -- Election.
Young adults -- Political activity.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140471
Subject United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780700627028
0700627022
Other Titles Young voters and the rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980