The American party system is in an unusual extended deadlock, with two minority parties, neither capable of sustaining a durable winning coalition. Both parties have plausible avenues to build a lasting majority coalition, but to do so, they must understand their 21st-century failures. The party system’s history and new data from AEI’s Survey Center on American Life show how the parties might do this. Durable majority parties are not only possible; they are the norm in American politics. But they require self-conscious coalition building.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 2
- Executive Summary 3
- POLITICS WITHOUT WINNERS 4
- RUY TEIXEIRA AND YUVAL LEVIN 4
- Introduction 5
- I. Competing National Coalitions 6
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- II. Shifting Coalitions 10
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- III. The New Deal Coalition 13
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- IV. The Emerging Republican Majority 17
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- V. The Emerging Democratic Majority 20
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- VI. The Donald Trump Dynamic 25
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- VII. The Joe Biden Dynamic 30
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- VIII. The 2022 Campaign 33
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- IX. Another Stalemate Election 35
- X. Coalitional Opportunities 36
- Democratic Cultural Radicalism. 36
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- Energy Realism. 41
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- Patriotism. 43
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- Abortion. 45
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- Health Care. 46
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- Political Norms. 47
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- Economic Prosperity. 48
- Americas Global Position. 48
- A System in Deadlock. 48
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- XI. The Next Majority 50
- About the Authors 51
- Ruy Teixeira 51
- Yuval Levin 51
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