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In the 1980s, the Midwestern economic collapse caused by the farm crisis and deindustrialization inspired the region's liberal politicians to call on progressive populist traditions to rebuild local, state, and national Democratic parties. Cory Haala looks at the Midwest's central role in asserting an updated populism wielded by grassroots activists, politicians, and a wide-ranging coalition of voters to counter Reagan-era conservativism.
This left-oriented movement resurrected the imagery and policies of twentieth-century radical parties like the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and Robert La Follette's Wisconsin Idea. Delving into progressive populist ideas and tactics, Haala illuminates the work of the activists and politicians who led protests, founded a congressional caucus, and backed presidential campaigns that sought to advance their cause. Haala's account moves from Iron Range union halls to Iowa farmhouses to South Dakota reservations to revise views of Democratic Party history, the Midwest's political culture, and populism's role in US politics.
A counter to established political narratives, When Democrats Won the Heartland takes readers into the history of an unexpected political moment.
Contents
List of Abbreviations ii
Introduction 1
Part I: 1980-1984 27
Chapter 1: Redefining Progressivism 27
Chapter 2: Early Victories 52
Chapter 3: Reintroducing Populism 86
Part II: 1985-1988 108
Chapter 4: Organizing in Crisis 108
Chapter 5: Political Prairie Fires 136
Chapter 6: The Promise of the Rainbow 175
Part III: 1989-1992 210
Chapter 7: Post-Crisis Politics 210
Chapter 8: A Green Bus, a Painted Garage 237
Chapter 9: Progressive Populism or the Third Way? 284
Conclusion: Reflections on the New Midwestern Liberalism 309
