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Children of the silent majority : young voters and the rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980

Title: Children of the silent majority : young voters and the rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980 / Seth Blumenthal.
Author: Blumenthal, Seth
Publication: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]

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Description

x, 363 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Our image of youth in the late 1960s is one of radical left-wing opponents of the Vietnam War who were implacably opposed to the Nixon administration. And yet Richard Nixon and the Republican Party spent a good bit of time and money cultivating the youth vote, forming a cadre of young conservatives who would support his election and, in many cases, eventually be the foot-soldiers in the Reagan revolution. In this book Seth Blumenthal tells the story of Nixon's efforts to foster the development of young conservatives. With the passage of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, the voting age in this country dropped to 18, creating a large number of new, young voters. Contrary to what some have argued, Blumenthal shows that Nixon actively sought support among young voters and describes an elaborate grass roots campaign that succeeded in attracting many youth to the Republican Party. He tells us who these people were, what they believed in, and to what extent they stuck with the Republican Party after Watergate. Finally, he shows how the methods Nixon used were later employed by the Republican Party in support of Ronald Reagan"--

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments Introduction 1. New Nixon and the Youth Problem, 1968 2. Law and Order -- 3. "The Orderly Process of Change": Nixon and Youth Issues 4. Nixon and New Republicans 5. "Acid, Amnesty and Abortion": New Politics and George McGovern's Campaign 6. YVP 7. "Right On, Mr. President": Young Voters and the Politics of Image 8. From Watergate to Reagan Epilogue Notes Bibliography Indez.

Call Number

JFE 19-3443

ISBN

9780700627011
0700627014
0700627022
9780700627028
9780700627028 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018039127
40028697342

OCLC

1061866621

Author

Blumenthal, Seth, author.

Title

Children of the silent majority : young voters and the rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980 / Seth Blumenthal.

Publisher

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Other Standard Identifier

40028697342

Research Call Number

JFE 19-3443

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