Constructing Nixon’s Majority
Winning Rhetoric in the Presidential Election of 1972
Constructing Nixon’s Majority
Winning Rhetoric in the Presidential Election of 1972
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Description
This book reframes the 1972 election as a masterclass in political messaging, strategy, and the manipulation of national divisions. Drawing on extensive archival research, it reveals how Nixon's campaign reshaped American conservatism, laying the groundwork for modern political polarization.
Frank Kusch argues that Nixon's landslide was the product of a carefully orchestrated campaign that capitalized on the fears of a conservative electorate uneasy with the social upheavals of the 1960s. By presenting Nixon as a steady leader amid turmoil, his campaign forged a coalition defined less by polices it championed than conditions it opposed-radicalism, protest, and chaos.
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Table of Contents
1. Performance Anxiety
2. Heartland Homilies, Northern Strategies
3. Partisans
4. Unhorsing Big Ed
5. The Making of the Extremist
6 Above the Battle
7. “Unlikable”
8. Colson Style
9. The “Front-Porch” Campaign
10. Big Meany
11. “One Hell of a Landslide, Mr. President”
12. A “Realistic Morality” Mandate
13. The “Republican Roosevelt”
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| Published | 08 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9798216488682 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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