Tuesday night massacre four Senate elections and the radicalization of the Republican Party /

"Examines how independent expenditure campaigns in 1980, with its divisive, negative techniques, accompanied by the radicalization of the Republican Party, fundamentally altered the conduct of American politics"--

Main Author: Johnson, Marc C., 1953-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
Physical Description: 247 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. A new kind of politics
  • A group like ours could lie through its teeth
  • Test run
  • Anybody but church
  • If Bayh wins, you lose
  • The propaganda keeps coming
  • Just two guys running for the Senate
  • This is the work of God
  • Legacy of the winners
  • Epilogue. 1980, the Senate, and the GOP.