Expenses Schneider, former CNN senior political analyst, needs us in the voting booth in “a detailed examination of recent presidential elections studded with sharp observations…A great choice for political junkies” (Kirkus Testimonials).

In the 1960s, a rift developed between your Old America and the New America that led to a populist backlash that ultimately elected Donald Trump in 2016. Bill Schneider identifies today’s American populism in Standoff as you that is economically intensifying and about Standoff culturally conventional. Liberals are attacked as social elitists (“limousine liberals”), and conservatives as financial elitists (“nation golf club conservatives”). Trump, says Schneider, is the complete populist package. He embraces cultural populism (anti-immigrant), financial populism (anti-free trade), and isolationism (“America First”).

Standoff examines a number of hard-fought elections showing us how we got to Trump. He asserts the power of public opinion. He factors to the public that draws the series on abortion and affirmative actions. He shows why an extreme minority cancels a majority on gun control, immigration, small government, and international passions. Standoff tells us why fifty many years of presidential contests possess often been confounding. It takes us inside to view how and just why People in america draw the lever, how they select their issues, and choose their leaders. It really is usually beliefs that trump economics.

Needed reading for an understanding of the 2016 election as well as the politics future, Schneider’s “fast-paced” (Publishers Every week) Standoff shows how Americans vote and just why their votes sometimes seem to make no practical sense.