Pitchfork Populism: Ten Political Forces That Shaped an Election and Continue to Change America

CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE. THE 2016 WAKE-UP CALL......Page 10
INTRODUCTION. THE POLITIQUAKE THAT IS RESHAPING AMERICAN POLITICS......Page 16
CHAPTER 1. NATIONAL IDENTITY: THE EXPANDING DIVIDE IN OUR NATION'S SPLIT PERSONALITY......Page 22
CHAPTER 2. DEMOGRAPHICS: THE CURRENT AND EMERGING STATUS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC TENSIONS......Page 67
CHAPTER 3. ISSUES: THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICY AND PRINCIPLES......Page 98
CHAPTER 4. EMPOWERMENT: THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF OUR POLITICAL PROCESS......Page 144
CHAPTER 5. MEDIA: THE BATTLE FOR TRUTH AND FACTS......Page 168
CHAPTER 6. CONDUCT: THE ERA OF INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY......Page 192
CHAPTER 7. GLOBAL ECONOMY: THE EVOLVING CONCERNS OVER TRADE AND GLOBALIZATION......Page 214
CHAPTER 8. FEDERALISM: THE TENSION BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITY......Page 232
CHAPTER 9. BIPARTISANSHIP: THE CONCURRENT RISE OF PARTISANSHIP AND BIPARTISANSHIP......Page 252
CHAPTER 10. VOTER SHIFTS: EXPOSURE OF THE REAL TRUMP AND THE IMPACT ON KEY TRUMP VOTERS......Page 273
AFTERWORD. A MESSAGE TO FELLOW PATRIOTS WHO SUPPORT TRUMP......Page 308
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 316
NOTES......Page 320
LIST OF TERMS AND ENTITIES......Page 366