'Bloomberg For President' redux
'Bloomberg For President' redux
- April 20, 2012
- A book by Russell Dalton, political science professor, is featured in Jewish Week April 19, 2012
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From Jewish Week:
The book, "A Partisan America" by Russell Dalton, a professor of political science
at the University of California, Irvine, points out that the percentage of Americans
who consider themselves independent jumped from 23 percent in 1952 to 40 percent in
2008. Most of the shift today comes from former Democrats, Dalton said, whereas in
the past "independents used to [attract] people at the margins of politics, less educated,
less interested, who wouldn't vote - people at the periphery." Interesting, Dalton
said, the growth of independents comes from the young, educated, politically engaged
people who are "turned off by political parties" but are interested in politics and
who do vote.
For the full story, please visit http://www.thejewishweek.com/blogs/political_blog/bloomberg_president_redux.
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