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  • Backlash Presidents

    From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History

    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo—and why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successorsWhen Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, becoming the nation’s first Black president, the stage was set for Donald Trump’s eventual rise to power. Backlash Presidents shows how, throughout American history, administrations that challenge the country’s racial ... Read more

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  • Delivering the People's Message

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    Presidents have long invoked electoral mandates to justify the use of executive power. In Delivering the People's Message, Julia R. Azari draws on an original dataset of more than 1,500 presidential communications, as well as primary documents from six presidential libraries, to systematically examine choices made by presidents ranging from Herbert Hoover in 1928 to Barack Obama during his 2008 ... Read more

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  • The Trump First Term

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    Edited by Julia Azari, Bert A. Rockman ...
    Series series Presidential Appraisals and Legacies
    An insightful and nuanced examination of a controversial and consequential presidency, written by some of the top presidential scholars in the nation.It was the election result that shocked the world.In November 2016, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton to become the forty-fifth president of the United States, thereby bringing an end to the political power of one family and, in retrospect, ... Read more

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  • The Presidential Leadership Dilemma

    Between the Constitution and a Political Party

    Series series SUNY series in American Constitutionalism
    Examines how the president balances the competing demands of leading his political party and leading the nation.Throughout their time in office, American presidents are often forced to choose between leading the nation and leading their party. In an earlier time when the major parties were less polarized, this leadership dilemma, while challenging, was not nearly as vexing as it is today. American ... Read more

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  • Conventional Wisdom, Parties, and Broken Barriers in the 2016 Election

    The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a true outsider — a candidate with no previous governmental experience and mixed support from his own party — won the election by winning in traditionally Democratic states with coattails that extended to Republican Senate candidates and resulted in unified ... Read more

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    by Thom Hartmann ...
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