Brother Bill
President Clinton and the Politics of Race and Class
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4154865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles P Henry (0000-0001-6650-5739, Berkeley College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 282-283 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jax149 |
| OpenAlex | W2641725912 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The 2016 presidential election cycle stands out as unique in several ways. Both major political party candidates were disliked by large percentages of voters, including those in their own parties. The billionaire Donald J. Trump split a major segment of the Republican party away from the establishment with a blunt, forceful style and hard-line policy positions. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defeated a challenge from the Left by Senator Bernie Sanders in the primaries. Throughout both the primaries and the general election, race was front and center as Trump promoted what some called a white nationalist agenda, and Clinton rallied the black and Latino voters that were a key part of her husband's constituency. Late in the campaign Trump portrayed black voters as poor, unemployed victims of violence who had nothing to lose by voting for him. Clinton, on the other hand, was forced by Sanders supporters to pay increasing attention to class issues (specifically the wealth gap
Nothing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Race (biology · Sociology · State (computer science · Voting · White (mutation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |