Loud Minority (eBook)

Why Protests Matter in American Democracy

Daniel Q. Gillion (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF | EPUB

2020
224 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20172-6 (ISBN)

Infos

How political protests and activism influence voters and candidatesThe "e;silent majority"e;-a phrase coined by Richard Nixon in 1969 in response to Vietnam War protests and later used by Donald Trump as a campaign slogan-refers to the supposed wedge that exists between protestors in the street and the voters at home. The Loud Minority upends this view by demonstrating that voters are in fact directly informed and influenced by protest activism. Consequently, as protests grow in America, every facet of the electoral process is touched by this loud minority, benefiting the political party perceived to be the most supportive of the protestors' messaging.Drawing on historical evidence, statistical data, and detailed interviews about protest activity since the 1960s, Daniel Gillion shows that electoral districts with protest activity are more likely to see increased voter turnout at the polls. Surprisingly, protest activities are also moneymaking endeavors for electoral politics, as voters donate more to political candidates who share the ideological leanings of activists. Finally, protests are a signal of political problems, encouraging experienced political challengers to run for office and hurting incumbents' chances of winning reelection. The silent majority may not speak by protesting themselves, but they clearly gesture for social change with their votes.An exploration of how protests affect voter behavior and warn of future electoral changes, The Loud Minority looks at the many ways that activism can shape democracy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.3.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
• Zusatzinfo: 17 b/w illus. 7 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 1968 Democratic National Convention • 1972 Republican National Convention • 2004 Republican National Convention • 2016 Democratic National Convention • 2016 Republican National Convention • 2020 elections • A Change is Gonna Come • activism • African Americans • American National Election Studies • American National Election Study • American Politics • americans • Angela Davis • Anti-Americanism • ballot • Bernie Sanders • Black Church • Black lives matter • Black Panther Party • black people • Black Power • campaign contributions • Campaign finance in the United States • candidate • Case study • Citizens (Spanish political party) • Civil Rights Act • Civil Rights Movement • congressional district • Congressional elections • countermobilization • countermovement • Criticism • Deliberation • democratic national convention • Discrimination, Jobs, Politics • Donald Trump • Economic Inequality • Election • electoral opportunity • electorate influence • Faithful and Fearless • Federal Election Committee • Freedom is a Constant Struggle • free-riding • From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation • General Election • Government • Grassroots • grievance • Gun Control • Gun Rights • Hillary Clinton • hostility • ideological protest • Ideology • incumbent • Institution • Institutional Racism • Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor • Kenneth Andrews • Law enforcement • Legislation • LGBT Community • liberal and conservative protests • Local community • Martin Luther King • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Mary Fainsod Katzenstein • Midterm election • minority group • Mobilizing Public Opinion • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Opposition to immigration • partisanship • Party leader • party platform • Paul Burstein • polarization • Police brutality • Police Officer • Political Action Committee • political agenda • political backlash • political behavior • Political Campaign • Political campaigns • political climate • political communication • Political convention • political machine • political opportunity • Political organization • Political parties in the United States • Political Party • political primaries • Political Process and the Development of the Black Insurgency • Political Science • Politician • Politics • Poor People's Campaign • presidential nominee • Primary Election • Protest • protest narrative • public agenda • Public Opinion • Public Policy • Public sphere • pundit • race and ethnic politics • Racial inequality in the United States • racial profiling • Racism • republican national convention • Republican Party (United States) • silent majority • sit-ins • social change • Social Inequality • Social Movement • Social Movements • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • support group • Taeku Lee • Tea Party activists • Tea Party protests • The New York Times • The Political Process • two-party system • Unemployment • U.S. elections • Vietnam War • Voter database • Voter Education Project • voter registration • Voter turnout • Voting • Voting Behavior • Voting booth • Voting Rights Act • Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Women's March (South Africa) • Women’s rights
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20172-2 / 0691201722
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20172-6 / 9780691201726