Chapter 6 The Democratic and Republican Parties in the New Century, 1980 – 2020

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface 1
4. Chapter 1 The Parties in the Early Republic, 1788– 1800 4
5. Chapter 2 Federalists, Democratic Republicans, and the Emergence of the Democratic Party, 1801– 1853 20
6. Chapter 3 The Emergence of the Republican Party and the Late Nineteenth Century Democratic and Republican Parties, 1854 – 1893 35
7. Chapter 4 The Era of Primaries and Change in the Early Twentieth Century Democratic and Republican Parties, 1896– 1928 53
8. Chapter 5 The Democratic and Republican Parties in the New Deal Era and After, 1932 – 1976 75
9. Chapter 6 The Democratic and Republican Parties in the New Century, 1980 – 2020 100
10. Chapter 7 Negative Partisanship, Performative Partisanship, and the 2024 Presidential Election and Beyond 116
11. Reference List 123
12. Index 135