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They have come to intersect with an entire range of domestic issues, from welfare policy to suburban zoning practices. In an explosive chain reaction, a new conservative voting majority has replaced the once-dominant Democratic presidential coalition, and a new polarization has pitted major segments of society against one another.

Thomas B. Edsall, a New York Times contributing opinion writer, covers American politics, inequality, campaign strategy and demographics.

How did this massive power shift occur? Edsall provide answers in this compelling analysis, cited by Newsweek as "one of the books that shaped the debate" in the presidential campaign. Traditional liberal beliefs in tax equity and income redistribution have been replaced by theories justifying tax reductions in income concentrated among the very rich.

In this book, Thomas Edsall, a Capitol Hill reporter for the Washington Post, examines the new power centers in the Democratic and Republican parties, the corporate lobbying community, and organized labor, and explores the changes in United States politics that have led to the shift in economic policy under Reagan administration.

Thomas Byrne Edsall (born August 22, ) is an American journalist and academic.

Traces the rise of the American Republican party to its current, almost unassailable position in presidential elections. The authors argue that the main voting issues in the USA since the mids have been underpinned by racial anxiety and resentment of welfare liberalities. Reporter Providence Journal, Volunteer Volunteers in Service to America, Baltimore, Reporter Baltimore Sun, , Washington Post, —, retired, Professor Columbia University, since Political editor Huffington Post, since Regents lecturer University California, San Diego, Lecturer Nuffield College Oxford University, Guest op-ed columnist New York Times,