Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America by Lynn Vavreck, Michael Tesler, John Sides

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America Author: Lynn Vavreck, Michael Tesler, John Sides Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Identity Crisis takes readers from the bruising primaries to an election night whose outcome defied the predictions of the pollsters and pundits. The book shows how fundamental characteristics of the nation and its politics?the state of the economy, the Obama presidency, and the demographics of the political parties?combined with the candidates’ personalities and rhetoric to produce one of the most unexpected presidencies in history. Early on, the fundamental characteristics predicted an extremely close election. And even though Trump's many controversies helped Clinton maintain a comfortable lead for most of the campaign, the prediction of a close election became reality when Americans cast their votes. Identity Crisis reveals how Trump's victory was foreshadowed by changes in the Democratic and Republican coalitions that were driven by people's racial and ethnic identities. The campaign then reinforced and exacerbated those cleavages as it focused on issues related to race, immigration, and religion. The result was an epic battle not just for the White House but about what America is and should be.