American Political Parties

2022·1.2 MB·English

by  John Kenneth White and Matthew R. Kerbel

American Political Parties

American Political Parties
Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where
They’re Headed
•
John Kenneth White
Matthew R. Kerbel
University Press of Kansas
© 2022 by the University Press of Kansas
All rights reserved
Published by the University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas 66045), which was
organized by the Kansas Board of Regents and is operated and funded by Emporia
State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State
University, the University of Kansas, and Wichita State University.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: White, John Kenneth, 1952–author. | Kerbel, Matthew Robert, 1958–author.
Title: American political parties : why they formed, how they function, and
where they’re headed / John Kenneth White, Matthew R. Kerbel.
Other titles: Party on!
Description: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2022. | Revised edition
of: Party on! : political parties from Hamilton and Jefferson to Trump.
Second edition. New York : Routledge, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021050481
ISBN 9780700633340 (paperback)
ISBN 9780700633357 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Political parties—United States—History. | Two-party
systems—United States. | Political culture—United States.
Classification: LCC JK2261 .W55 2022 | DDC 324.273—dc23/eng/20211122
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021050481
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available.
Cover image: Rob Young/Wikimedia Commons
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For our daughters, Jeannette White and Gabrielle Kerbel,
who grew up with this book.

Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Preface: How We Got Here xiii
Introduction: An Election Like No Other 1
Chapter 1
Hamilton vs. Jefferson: How Political Parties Began 10
Chapter 2
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Party Politics 26
Chapter 3
Party Organizations in the Twenty-First Century 44
Chapter 4
Nominating Presidents 62
Chapter 5
Party Brand Loyalty and the American Voter 89
Chapter 6
Parties and Social Media 102
Chapter 7
Campaign Finance and Transitional Political Parties 119
Chapter 8
Elected Officials in an Age of Hyper-Partisanship 138
Chapter 9
Third Parties in the Twenty-First Century 153
Conclusion: Where Are We Going? 174
Notes 190
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