In the well-known understanding of American heritage, President Ronald Reagan’s tenure in office environment marked the beginning of a new period for the Republican Get together and American politics. His presidency served as a blueprint for subsequent GOP politicians and even served inspire a tack to the center amongst the New Democrats.
But in “Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics In The 1990s,” historian Nicole Hemmer argues that Reagan’s presidency is better comprehended as the conclusion of a political era in the GOP.
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke talks to Hemmer about her new ebook and her study of submit-Reagan GOP figures like Pat Buchanan, Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh.
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