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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818280603321

Autore

Libby Ronald T

Titolo

Purging the Republican party : Tea Party campaigns and elections / / Ronald T. Libby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4985-2134-7

0-7391-8764-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

324.2734

Soggetti

Tea Party movement

Elections - United States

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Tea Party's Political Ideology; Chapter Three: Tea Party Policies: The Contract From America; Chapter Four: The Civil War Within the Republican Party; Chapter Five: The "Scozzafava Strategy" to Unseat Senator Bob Bennett; Chapter Six: Tea Party-Hispanic Voting Alliance and Marco Rubio; Chapter Seven: Conclusion: The 2012 Elections and Beyond; Appendix; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ronald T. Libby's Purging the Republican Party examines Tea Party primary campaigns against Republicans including the defeats of Dede Scozzafava in New York and Bob Bennett in Utah, and the election of Marco Rubio in Florida. It includes an assessment of the Tea Party's political prospects following the 2012 elections and beyond.