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abortion, 83–88, 111, 123, 143, 160
Access Hollywood tapes, 145
Adams, John, 17, 19, 26, 37
Adelson, Sheldon, 67–68, 140
affective polarization, 11
affirmative action, 130
Affordable Care Act (ACA), 6, 47, 64, 73, 146–49, 164, 207
African Americans, 38, 84, 104–5, 111–14, 118, 124, 126–27, 185, 188, 204
Agrarian League, 32
Ailes, Roger, 100, 104
Airbnb, 197
Alberta, Tim, 143
Alito, Samuel, 160
Al Smith dinner, 64
Amazon, 197
American Amnesia (Hacker and Pierson), 198
American Crossroads, 161
American Energy Alliance, 156–57
American Enterprise Institute, 56, 135
American Health Care Act (ACHA), 147, 167
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), 8, 69–70, 82, 179, 180, 199
Americans for Job Security, 68
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), 70, 73, 179
Americans for Tax Reform, 54, 144
Americans with Disabilities Act, 50
Antonin Scalia Law School (George Mason University), 162
Apple, 197
Archer, Bill, 203
Argentina, 37
Arizona, 133, 213
Armey, Dick, 203
Atwater, Lee, 111–14, 116, 124, 126, 138, 201
Australia, 37, 187
Austria, 187
authoritarianism, 12–13, 25, 99, 172, 173, 192, 198
Bachmann, Michelle, 135
Baker, Charlie, 212
Bannon, Steve, 14, 69, 153–55, 162–63, 206
Barton, David, 88–89
Beck, Glenn, 99
Bismarck, Otto von, 22
Blackstone, 179
Bob Jones University, 83, 84
Boehner, John, 54, 98, 104, 106, 108, 155, 168
Bolsonaro, Jair, 172
Boston commuter study, 128–32
Brady Bill, 95, 96
Brandeis, Louis, 19
Brazil, 37, 172
Breitbart News Network, 14, 69, 105–7
Britain, 26–30, 176; See also United Kingdom
Brown, Kathleen, 203
Brownstein, Ron, 202
Bryan, William Jennings, 38
budget deficits, 2, 52, 58, 65, 150, 165–66
Bush, George H. W., and administration, 3, 49–52, 60, 61, 63, 66, 71, 73, 85, 96, 124, 139, 142–43, 206
Bush, George W., and administration, 10, 50, 61–67, 86, 87, 89, 98, 101, 106, 120, 121, 132–34, 137, 142, 151, 157, 160, 161, 171, 193, 201, 203
Bush, Jeb, 87, 143
Bush v. Gore, 207
Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), 186
Business Roundtable, 197, 199
California, 157, 187, 188, 201–3
Canada, 12, 37, 72
Cantor, Eric, 106, 136
cap-and-trade program, 71
capital gains taxes, 52, 60, 65, 89
Carlson, Jennifer, 94
Carlson, Tucker, 148–49
carried interest loophole, 179
Carter, Jimmy, and administration, 84, 113
Carter, Tom, 160
Cato Institute, 56, 134–35, 178, 180
CBS, 151
Cecil, Lord Robert, 26, 27
Center Party (Germany), 30–31
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 156
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 153, 155
Chait, Jonathan, 7
Chapman, Tim, 167
Charlottesville white-supremacist march, 145, 168
Cheney, Dick, 62, 63
Chief Executive, 197
Chile, 37
China, 39, 139–40, 163
Christian Coalition, 81–82, 88
Christian right, 4, 60, 63–64, 69, 78–91, 94, 97, 103, 115, 154, 193, 205
Christian Voice, 82
Christie, Chris, 143, 154
Churchill, Lord Randolph, 28
Churchill, Winston, 27, 28
citizenship question (on US census), 182
Citizens United, 8, 68, 185–86
Civil War, 37, 91, 204
Claremont Review of Books, 193
Clean Air Act, 50, 71, 151
clean energy, 198
Clean Power Plan, 157
Cleveland, Grover, 38
climate change, 71–73, 156–57, 190, 194, 198, 199
Clinton, Bill, and administration, 50, 52–54, 63, 93–95, 137, 151, 171, 189
Clinton, Hillary, 11, 67, 115, 116, 133, 138, 139, 149, 164, 174, 188, 193, 206
Club for Growth, 166
CNN, 100, 151
coal, 157, 198
Cohn, Gary, 153
Colbert, Stephen, 102
Collins, Chris, 152
Competitive Enterprise Institute, 156
Conard, Ed, 200
Congress, 6–7, 50–52, 60, 65–66, 98, 140, 144, 145, 153–54, 165, 176, 190–93, 207; See also House of Representatives; Senate
Congressional Budget Office, 147
Conservative Dilemma, 21–30, 36–39, 50, 74–75, 77, 100, 103, 109, 113, 127–28, 194, 199–200, 213
Conservative Opportunity Society, 51
Conservative Party (Tories) (Britain), 15, 26–31, 33, 43, 48
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 43
Continetti, Matthew, 54–55
Contract with America, 52, 60, 88
Conway, Kellyanne, 154
Cooperman, Leon, 179
Coors, Joseph, 82
Coppins, McKay, 51
Corker, Bob, 192
counter-majoritarianism, 12–13, 172–75, 183, 187–88, 195, 206, 207, 210, 211, 213
Craig, Maureen, 130
Cramer, Katherine, 119
Crown, The, 30
Cruz, Ted, 143, 145, 203
Cuba, 182
Dawes Plan, 35
Deason, Darwin, 154
Deason, Doug, 154
DeLay, Tom, 52, 54, 86, 203
Democracy Alliance, 68–69
democratic backsliding, 25, 102, 172–73
Democratic Party
and asymmetric polarization, 9, 60
Lee Atwater and, 111–12
in California, 201–3
and Chamber of Commerce, 70–71
and class tensions in 1890s, 38
and cultural liberalism, 59
defection of Southern whites from, 118
future of, 208, 210
and health care, 167
and immigration, 163
lack of trust in media trust among, 101
Grover Norquist and, 54
and NRA, 95–96
Jeanine Pirro on, 194
plutocrats in, 8
primary voting in, 122
during Reagan years, 43
Republican voter hostility toward, 120
and territorially grounded elections, 174
and unions, 131, 161
and voter suppression, 179
See also specific headings, e.g.: Clinton, Bill, and administration
demographics and demographic changes, 10, 86, 89–90, 99, 114, 128–30, 136, 187, 202–4
DeVos, Betsy, 68, 153, 155
DeVos, Helen, 68
DeVos, Richard, 68
direct democracy, 177
Disraeli, Benjamin, 27–28
District of Columbia v. Heller, 95
DNVP, 32–36
Dobson, James, 81–82, 87, 89
“dog-whistle” coded language, 44, 104, 123
Dole, Bob, 74
Donahue, Tom, 70
Douglass, Frederick, 19
Dowd, Matthew, 98
Downton Abbey, 29
Dukakis, Michael, 64, 124
Ebell, Myron, 156
Eisenhower, Dwight, 178–79, 201
election of 2016, 78, 90, 101–6, 115–20, 132, 137–39, 141, 162–64, 172, 174, 186–88, 191–94, 200, 202
Electoral College, 13, 176, 188–89, 213
Emerging Republican Majority, The (Philipps), 44, 50, 112
Enron, 62
entitlements, 125–26, 138, 143, 147, 168
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 43, 71, 155–58
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 85, 111
estate tax, 89
ethnic outbidding, 10, 11, 131, 135, 204
evangelical Christians, See Christian right
extreme inequality, 19–21, 36–39, 41, 45–47, 109, 139, 173, 176, 195, 210
Facebook, 105
Faith and Freedom Coalition, 81
Falwell, Jerry, 81, 83, 84, 86
fear, elite, 20
Federal Election Commission, 161
Federalist Society, 56, 87, 143, 159, 160, 187
Federal Reserve, 180
filibuster rule, 13, 31, 174, 189, 206, 211
Fisher family, 68
FitzGerald, Frances, 83, 85
Flake, Jeff, 141
“Flight 93” Election, 193, 194
Florida, 133, 213
“flyover country,” 78, 112–13
Focus on the Family, 82, 89
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 156
Food Stamps program, 43
Ford, Betty, 85
Ford, Gerald, 85, 92, 96
fossil-fuel industry, 71–72, 156–57
Fox News, 98–107, 125, 148, 151, 167, 168, 192, 194
framers of the Constitution, 174–77, 191, 205
Frank, Thomas, 119
Freedom House, 191
Freedom Partners, 143, 155, 161
Frish, Bill, 87
Frum, David, 106, 141
Gallup Polls, 138, 151
Gap, The, 68, 197
Gardner, Cory, 152
Garland, Merrick, 159, 206
Garmin, Gary, 82
gay rights, 15, 86, 89, 151
General Motors (GM), 169, 197
George Mason University, 162
Georgia, 213
German Conservative Party (DKP), 31–33
German National People’s Party (DNVP), 32–36
Germany, 15, 22, 30–36, 48, 72, 93
gerrymandering, 4, 24, 31, 102, 127, 161, 167, 179, 181, 184–85, 188, 207
Gilded Age, 38
Gingrich, Newt, 50–55, 60–63, 74, 97, 98, 106, 118, 125, 145, 167, 203, 206
Goldman Sachs, 153
GOP, See Republican Party
Gore, Al, 64, 207
Gorsuch, Neil, 159, 160, 187
government shutdowns, 53, 171
Graham, Lindsey, 133, 144–45, 152, 192
Great Depression, 38
Greenberg, Stanley, 203
Guardian, 167
gun violence (gun control), 78–79, 92, 95–96, 111, 194, 197, 199; See also National Rifle Association (NRA)
Hannity, Sean, 98, 99
Harper’s, 192
health care, 54, 70, 73, 125, 130, 138, 146–48, 151–52, 166, 167, 201; See also Affordable Care Act (ACA); American Health Care Act (ACHA)
Henry IV, King of France, 168
Heritage Action, 166–67
Heritage Foundation, 56, 82, 135, 155, 160, 180
Heston, Charlton, 93, 94
Hewitt, Hugh, 99
Hill, The, 197
Hindenburg, Paul von, 34
Hispanics, 10–11, 110, 114, 126–34, 188
Hitler, Adolf, 30, 34–36, 179
Hofeller, Thomas, 181–82
Hogan, Larry, 212
Horton, Willie, 64, 111, 124
House of Representatives, 1, 3, 6, 51, 52, 54, 62, 66, 68, 73, 74, 95, 97, 106, 135, 136, 144, 147–50, 153, 155, 166–69, 171, 175, 176, 181, 182, 202, 203
How Democracies Die (Ziblatt and Levitsky), 172, 173
Hugenberg, Alfred, 34–36
Humphreys, Keith, 165
Hungary, 24, 102, 172
Hurd, Will, 203
Icahn, Carl, 140, 154
ideological positioning, of voters, 115–17
immigrants and immigration, 5–7, 15, 22, 38, 40, 53, 64, 75, 90, 103–6, 114, 116, 123, 126–39, 152, 154, 162, 163, 167, 182, 188, 192, 200
Immigration Reform Caucus, 135
income inequality, 45–47; See also extreme inequality
income tax, 49, 60, 89, 180
Indonesia, 182
Ingraham, Laura, 99
Institute for Legislative Action, 92
Iraq War, 66, 101
Irish Home Rule, 29
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 29–30
Israel, 39, 102
“I Vote Values” drive, 88
Janesville, Wisconsin, 168–69
Jim Crow, 38, 118
Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act, 52
John Birch Society, 177, 178
Johnson, Woody, 140
Jones, Bob, Jr., 83
judicial appointments, 159–62
Judicial Crisis Network, 161–62
Kavanaugh, Brett, 159, 160, 189
Kelly, Megyn, 107
Kemp, Jack, 73–75
Kennedy, Anthony, 87, 184
Kennedy, Robert, 91
Kennedy, Ted, 75
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 84, 91
King, Steve, 135
Koch, Charles, 6, 7, 67, 68, 70, 73, 74, 140, 143, 144, 149, 155, 160–62, 166, 178, 198
Koch, Chase, 198
Koch, David, 6, 7, 67, 68, 70, 73, 140, 143, 144, 149, 154–55, 160–62, 178, 198
Koch, Fred, 178
Koch Industries, 67, 74, 156–57
Kochland (Leonard), 166
Koch Network, 8, 68–69, 71, 197–99
Kristol, William, 141, 192
Krugman, Paul, 7
Krupp Industries, 34
K Street Project, 54
labor unions, 33, 48, 58–59, 184
Labour Party (Britain), 28–30
LaHaye, Tim, 84
Land, Richard, 88
Landon, Alf, 202
LaPierre, Wayne, 93–97
Latin America, 36–37
Law, Steven, 161
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, 176–77
Leo, Leonard, 87, 143, 160, 161
Leonard, Christopher, 166
Levin, Mark, 99
Levi’s, 197
Levitsky, Steven, 21, 172, 173
Liberal Party (Britain), 27, 29
libertarianism, 135, 156, 162, 178–80, 198
Limbaugh, Rush, 97–100, 136
lobbying and lobbyists, 44, 49, 54–55, 57, 63, 70, 71, 92–93, 97, 134, 156–57, 186, 197
Lott, Trent, 98
Lyft, 197
Lynchburg Christian Academy, 84
Maraniss, David, 53
Martin, Trayvon, 69
Maryland, 212
Massachusetts, 146, 212
Mayer, Jane, 7, 66–67
McCain, John, 63–64, 66, 71, 74, 75, 86, 133, 142–43, 149, 192
McCarthy, Kevin, 202
McConnell, Mitch, 6–7, 98, 142, 145–46, 153, 159, 161, 165, 189, 190
McGahn, Don, 143, 155, 160
McGovern, George, 92, 93
McIntosh, David, 166
McKinley, William, 38
McMahon, Linda, 68, 153
McMahon, Vince, 68
McVeigh, Timothy, 96
Medicaid, 2, 3, 7, 73, 125, 138, 147, 148, 156, 164, 166, 207
Medicare, 2, 44, 125, 138, 148, 156, 166
Mehlman, Ken, 118
Mercer, Rebekah, 14, 69, 140
Mercer, Robert, 14, 106, 140
Michigan, 195
Miers, Harriet, 87
migrant “caravan,” 167
Miller, Stephen, 105
minimum wage, 89
Mississippi, 117
Mnuchin, Steve, 153
Moore, Stephen, 180
Moral Majority, 83
Mulvaney, Mick, 145, 153, 191
Murdoch, Rupert, 100
National Economic Council, 153
National Firearms Act of 1934, 91
National Rifle Association (NRA), 4, 69, 78–79, 90–97, 103, 115, 122, 162, 193–94, 213
Nazi Party, 35–36
negative polarization, 11
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 102
Netherlands, 72
Nevada, 133
New Deal, 38–39, 48, 111, 201
New Hampshire, 212
New Mexico, 133
New York Hilton, 154
New York Times, 7, 62, 72, 100
New Zealand, 37
Nixon, Richard, and administration, 41–45, 48, 51, 55, 56, 65, 67, 71, 88, 92, 96, 112, 193
Norquist, Grover, 54, 61, 65, 144, 152
North Carolina, 38, 181–82, 185, 194–95, 213
Obama, Barack, and administration, 6, 61, 67, 68, 73, 75, 96, 104, 105, 120, 128, 131, 135, 139, 146, 153, 156–59, 171, 179, 190
Obamacare, 146
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 43
Office of National Drug Control Policy, 165
Office of Research and Development, 157
oil and gas drilling, 130
Oklahoma City bombing, 96
O’Neill, Tip, 93
opioid epidemic, 165
Orange County, California, 202
Orbán, Viktor, 102, 172
O’Reilly, Bill, 125
organized labor, 43–44, 48, 56–57, 59
O’Rourke, Beto, 203
outrage groups, 79
Palin, Sarah, 64
Pan-German Association, 32
Pan-German League, 34
Paris climate accords, 157
Paulson, John, 140
PayPal, 180
PBS, 100
Pearlstein, Steven, 49–50
Pelosi, Nancy, 167
Pence, Mike, 144, 153–56
Pepsi, 197
Perry, Rick, 145, 155, 158
Philippines, 24
Phillips, Kevin, 44, 50, 112, 128
Piketty, Thomas, 48
“Pioneers, the,” 62
Pirro, Jeanine, 194
plutocracy
democracy as threat to, 55, 179–80, 194
and Electoral College, 188–89
Koch brothers as members of, 67–68, 70
“left leaning” members of, 7, 14–15, 57–59
long-term political priorities of, 56–59, 69–71, 73–74, 77, 134–35, 197
Mitch McConnell and, 190
and the media, 99, 103
political views of, 8
and racism, 10
and remaking of federal judiciary, 158–62, 182–84
and Republican Party, 2–4, 7, 9, 41, 50–55, 59–65, 72, 77–78, 80, 88, 95, 107, 109–10, 114–15, 117–18, 122, 127–28, 133, 134, 136–39, 143, 145–46, 148, 169, 171, 173, 192, 211, 213–14
rise of, 1–2
Mitt Romney and, 200
and social conservatives, 80, 87–88, 91, 95, 115, 144, 187
and Social Security privatization, 66
Trump as “anti-plutocrat” member of, 140, 142, 143, 154, 168
and vulnerability of political institutions, 205–6
plutocratic populism, 5–6, 9, 12–14, 17, 39, 55, 64, 108, 110, 128, 137, 173–75, 187, 198, 209–10
Poland, 179
Politico, 112
Pompeo, Mike, 153, 155
popular rule, 17–18
populists and populism, 38, 102, 111–13, 116, 138, 148, 154, 162, 187; See also plutocratic populism
Price, Tom, 153
Primrose League, 28
Project Relief, 54
Proposition 187 (California), 201–2
Prosperity Project (BIPAC), 186
Pruitt, Scott, 155, 157, 158
Pyle, Thomas, 156–57
Quinnipiac polls, 166
racial politics (racialization), 4–5, 9–11, 14, 22, 36, 38, 40, 42–44, 63–64, 77, 80, 91, 103–5, 109–19, 122–30, 135, 137, 139, 140, 145, 146, 179, 183, 191, 192, 199, 202–4, 208, 209, 212
Rand, Ayn, 178
Reagan, Ronald, and administration, 49, 51, 53, 85, 92, 96, 111, 113, 125, 132, 134, 141, 201, 202
RealClearPolitics, 136
redistricting, 176, 179, 181–84, 207
“red Tories,” 43
Reed, Ralph, 81, 88, 89
Reed, Scott, 167
Republican National Committee (RNC), 89, 96, 118, 133, 136, 137, 182
Republican Party (GOP)
and Christian right, 4, 60, 63–64, 69, 78–91, 94, 97, 103, 115, 154, 193, 205
and Citizens United, 8, 68, 185–86
and distrust of democracy, 178–80
divide between elites and base of, 120–22
and Electoral College, 13, 176, 188–89, 213
future of, 212–13
gerrymandering by, 4, 24, 31, 102, 127, 161, 167, 179, 181, 184–85, 188, 207
Koch brothers and, 67, 199
Mitch McConnell and, 6–7, 98, 142, 145–46, 153, 159, 161, 165, 189, 190
mobilizing of negative emotions by, 108
as “moderate” party, 39, 40
and NRA, 4, 69, 78–79, 90–97, 103, 115, 122, 162, 193–94, 213
and plutocracy, 2–4, 7, 9, 41, 50–55, 59–65, 72, 77–78, 80, 88, 95, 107, 109–10, 114–15, 117–18, 122, 127–28, 133, 134, 136–39, 143, 145–46, 148, 169, 171, 173, 192, 211, 213–14
and Social Security, 2, 3, 43, 44, 56, 58, 60, 63, 65, 66, 125, 134, 138, 148, 166
Southern Strategy of, 41–43, 112–13, 133, 138
and tax cuts, 2–4, 6–7, 15, 49, 51–53, 60–61, 63–65, 69, 74, 120–21, 134, 142, 147–52, 160, 163–68, 189, 194
and Tea Party, 6, 7, 11, 70, 105, 106, 135–36
and territorially grounded elections, 174
and white voters, 1, 3–5, 9–12, 15, 31, 37, 38, 41–44, 78–80, 84, 89–91, 99, 104, 105, 109–14, 118, 122–32, 136–39, 145, 148, 164, 172, 175, 182, 188, 202–4
See also specific headings, e.g.: Reagan, Ronald, and administration
resentment, 118–23
“Revolt at Cincinnati,” 92
Richards, Ann, 203
Richeson, Jennifer, 130
Ricketts, Todd, 153
rigging, 127–28
RIP GOP (Greenberg), 203, 204
Roberts, John, 160, 183–85, 207
Robertson, Pat, 81, 83, 86
Robinson, Kayne, 94–96
Roe v. Wade, 83, 85, 200
Romney, Mitt, 73, 86, 125, 136, 144, 146, 200
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 202
Roosevelt, Theodore, 38
Ross, Wilbur, 153, 154, 182, 183
Rove, Karl, 64, 89, 161
Rubio, Marco, 143, 145
rural bias, 188–89, 205–6
Russia, 39
Ryan, Paul, 6–7, 73–75, 106, 120–21, 141, 145–47, 149, 158, 166, 168–69, 200, 202
Savage, Michael, 99
Scalia, Antonin, 159, 162
Schaeffer, Francis, 84–85
Schiavo, Terri, 86–87
Schlozman, Daniel, 88
Schwab, Charles, 68
Schwarzman, Stephen, 179
Scott, Phil, 212
Second Amendment, 92–93, 97
Securities and Exchange Commission, 158
“Seg Academies,” 83–84
Senate, 3, 6, 13, 31, 82, 87, 97, 98, 140, 142, 144, 147–50, 152, 153, 159, 161, 169, 174–76, 187–90, 193, 197, 203, 205, 206, 210
Senate Leadership Fund, 161
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, 66, 101
Sessions, Jeff, 136
Shelby County v. Holder, 185
Sierra Leone, 182
Silicon Valley, 7, 58–59
Singapore, 20
Singer, Paul, 183
Small Business Administration, 68, 153
social conservatism, 64, 86–88, 160–62, 187
Social Security, 2, 3, 43, 44, 56, 58, 60, 63, 65, 66, 125, 134, 138, 148, 166
social welfare programs, 145, 180
Soros, George, 8
Souter, David, 87
South, the, 38, 44, 109, 111–12, 117–18, 122–24, 126–28, 131, 185
Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), 81, 83, 85
Southern Strategy, 41–43, 112–13, 133, 138
SPD (German Social Democrats), 30–31, 33
Steyer, Tom, 8
Stockman, David, 53
“sunbelt” states, 213
Sununu, Chris, 212
Supreme Court, 3, 8, 9, 53, 68, 73, 80, 86, 95, 96, 102, 144, 159–62, 174, 183–87, 190, 206–7, 210, 211
Sweden, 72
Switzerland, 72
talk radio, 75, 97, 99, 102
tariffs, 7, 163, 166
TARP, 151
tax cuts, 2–4, 6–7, 15, 49, 51–53, 60–61, 63–65, 69, 74, 120–21, 134, 142, 147–52, 160, 163–68, 189, 194
tax loopholes, 63, 195
Tea Party, 6, 7, 11, 70, 105, 106, 135–36
Tea Party Caucus, 135
televangelists, 81, 99
Texas, 133, 182, 203, 213
Thatcher, Margaret, 27
Thiel, Peter, 68, 140, 179–80
Thomas, Clarence, 187
“three Rs” of Republican base building, 118, 137–38
Thurmond, Strom, 117
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 17, 19
Tories, See Conservative Party (Britain)
Trende, Sean, 136
tribalism, 36, 98, 102, 103, 107, 113, 117, 131, 208
Trump, Donald, and administration
appointments of, 153–62, 180, 182
attacks on democracy by, 191–94
campaign pledges of, 7
and counter-majoritarianism, 172–74
and the courts, 159–62
domestic policy, 152–53, 198
economic and trade policies, 163–67
and election of 2016, 188–89, 202
and EPA, 156–58
and GOP establishment, 141–46, 209–11
and health-care legislation, 146–48, 167
and immigration, 53, 132–33, 163, 167, 192
and the media, 101, 104–7
and mid-term elections of 2018, 167–68, 171, 202
and NRA, 96, 97
and Mike Pence, 154–55
plutocratic support for, 68, 180
political shift preceding rise of, 1, 6, 12, 14, 51, 64, 71, 105
race-baiting by, 8–11, 64, 123
right-wing populism of, 4–5, 8, 41–42, 78, 162–63
and Paul Ryan, 6, 7, 146, 168
and social services, 148–49
successful campaign of, 137–40
and tax cuts, 200
and voter polarization, 115, 116, 119, 130
Trumpism, 200, 203, 210
Turkey, 24
Twitter, 105
Ukraine scandal, 193
unionization rates, 48
United Kingdom, 12, 15, 57; See also Britain
Upside of Inequality (Conard), 200
US Chamber of Commerce, 8, 43, 54, 70–71, 134, 155, 156, 160, 161, 167, 199
US Commission on International Religious Freedom, 160
US Constitution, 13, 18, 87, 89, 95, 172, 174–76, 188, 189, 191, 205, 207
US Department of Commerce, 44, 153, 182
US Department of Justice, 185
US Department of Labor, 156
Vermont, 212
Victoria, Queen, 28
Viguerie, Richard, 82–84
Vos, Robin, 195
voting rights, 26, 44, 180–83
Voting Rights Act, 112, 128, 182, 185, 207
Vox, 132
wages, 43–45, 52, 89, 134, 184
Walgreens, 195
Wallace, George, 83, 84, 117
Wall Street, 45, 59, 66, 111, 167, 179
Walmart, 197
Washington Examiner, 189
Washington Post, 49
wealth inequality, 47, 48, 56–57; See also extreme inequality
Weber, Vin, 97
Weimar Republic, 30–36
Weisskopf, Michael, 53 “welfare,” 126, 138
welfare state, 22, 33, 43, 44, 49, 125
Wellspring Committee, 162
Weyrich, Paul, 82–84
What’s the Matter with Kansas? (Frank), 119
Wheeler, Andrew, 157, 158
whites (white voters), 1, 3–5, 9–12, 15, 31, 37, 38, 41–44, 78–80, 84, 89–91, 99, 104, 105, 109–14, 118, 122–32, 136–39, 145, 148, 164, 172, 175, 182, 188, 202–4
white working class, 7, 42, 45, 88, 111–13, 118–19, 137–39, 148, 162–66
Whitman, Christine Todd, 157
Wilkinson, Will, 178
Will, George, 192
Willie Horton ad, 64, 111, 124
Wilson, Pete, 201–2
Wisconsin, 195
women, 138–39, 162, 166, 180; See also Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
World War II, 38
Wynn, Elaine, 68
Wynn, Steve, 68
Wyoming, 187, 188
Yglesias, Matthew, 7
Young Plan, 35
Ziblatt, Daniel, 21–23, 28, 172, 173