American Politics Leading Up to the Trump Era
American Society Before and During Trump
Communication and American Politics in the Trump Era
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Nonetheless, a significant number of Black Americans consider themselves to be ideologically conservative. Plus, they show that presidential elections aren’t the only instances of Black political unity that matter. In the Alabama senate race of 2017, for example, African American voters were pivotal to Doug Jones’s success. They comprised 29% of the electorate, and 96% supported the former civil rights attorney. Furthermore, what is even less known and examined, are the very compelling historical and social forces that combined to make it so. In this critically praised and well-researched book, Ismail White and Chryl Laird correct this critical oversight in unprecedented depth.
The key to that conundrum lies in a simple but powerful fact: “Our rights are always on the ballot.” Racism and political polarization have forged a flaw in the American system of democracy. It feeds on and provides political incentives for racial division.
Revisiting this three years later, it struck me that the truth of the Trump presidency may be even worse. Serwer sounded alarmist to some in 2017. And yet, since publication, the president has been reticent to condemn white nationalists even in the face of deadly events like the march in Charlottesville. The record shows that many no longer feel the need to even do lip service to disavowing racism.
Despite this knowledge, we haven’t yet fully contended with what that gender bias means for women in politics. Looking at media framing in news coverage of campaigns, professor of political science and political communication, Meredith Conroy addresses that gap. Conroy examines how the way we think about leadership advantages men and disadvantages women.
