Full Description
Third Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades analyzes 10 third-party, outsider, or renegade presidential candidates and explores each one's impact on the political process. The list of modern outsider candidates who have attracted the public's attention is fairly long, but most of the time the candidates never garner enough support to become elected or they self-destruct somewhere along the way. A few, however, have taken votes away from more mainstream candidates and changed the course of political parties or election outcomes. This book provides readers with an analysis of how their rhetoric, political tactics, and issues have challenged the political status quo and impacted later campaigns. The future viability of outsider candidates is discussed in light of current political polarization and the legacy of Donald J. Trump, the first elected outsider president, and considers how outsider candidates might be able to compete in upcoming elections given the current political divisions within the nation. Scholars and students of communication, political science, and rhetoric will find this book particularly interesting.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Outsiders and Their Origins
2 The Roots of Populism in American Politics
Outsider Presidential Candidates
3 Shirley Chisolm: Blazing a Trail for Female and Minority Candidates
4 Jesse Jackson: Empathetic Outsider Struggling to Break the Color Barrier
5 Ron Paul: Outsider with Libertarian Sensibilities Defending the Constitution
6 Donald J. Trump: The First Political Outsider President
Third Party Candidates
7 Ross Perot: 'Crazy' Outsider Takes Message Directly to Americans
8 Ralph Nader: Crusader and Possible Democratic Spoiler
9 Jill Stein: Green Party Candidate, Democratic Scapegoat
Renegade Candidates
10 George C. Wallace: Disruptive, Disorderly, and Discordant Renegade Candidate
11 Patrick Buchanan: Far-Right Outsider with D.C. Credentials
12 Newt Gingrich: Political Language, Hardball Tactics Transform Republican Politics
Implications For Outsiders
13 Trump and the 2020 Presidential Election: Populism, Pandemic, and Post-Election Violence
