America today -- The great American divide : red states versus blue states -- Red state, blue state demographics -- Implications of a red-state dominated America -- The Democratic Party and the advocacy of a blue-state culture -- Democrats in the 1920s -- William Jennings Bryan and his red-state legacy -- Toward a twenty-first century new deal
Summary
Countering the conservative Red State culture and its result, a quasi-vassal state indebted to foreign interests, the author analyzes Democratic Party politics and lays out a theoretical justification and historic, economic and social framework for advancing a new set of liberal-progressive ideas. Analyzing Red and Blue regions and the links with economic history, he shows how the Democrats can become the majority party again
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index
