{"product_id":"party-faithful-how-and-why-democrats-are-closing-the-god-gap-paperback-1","title":"Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs late as the 1960s, religion was a decidedly nonpartisan affair in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e In the past forty years, however, despite abundant evidence that Americans care about their candidates' personal faith, Democrats have beat a retreat in the competition for religious voters and the discussion of morality, effectively ceding religion to the Republicans. Elections show that voters have gotten the message: Democrats are on the wrong side of the God gap. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unprecedented access to politicians, campaign advisers, and religious leaders, Amy Sullivan skillfully traces the Democratic Party's fall from grace among religious voters, showing how the party lost its primacy\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand maybe its soul\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ein the process. It's a story that begins with the party's ineffectual response to the rise of the religious right and culminates with John Kerry's defeat in the 2004 presidential election. Sullivan documents key turning points along the way, such as the party's alienation of Catholics on the abortion issue and its failure to emulate Bill Clinton's success at reaching religious voters. She demonstrates that there was nothing inevitable about the defection of values voters to the GOP and the emergence of the God gap: it was not just a Republican achievement but the Democrats' failure to embrace their own faith and engage religious Americans on social issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSullivan's story has a hopeful ending. She takes readers behind the scenes of the Democrats' recent religious turnaround. She offers insight into the ways Democrats have reoriented their campaigns to appeal to religious voters\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eincluding their successes at framing the abortion issue in less-divisive terms and at finding common ground with evangelical leaders and communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimely, informative, and immensely thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eThe Party Faithful\u003c\/i\u003e is a tough and revealing analysis of the Democratic Party's relationship to religion and an essential primer for evaluating the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Sullivan is the nation editor at \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and a leading expert on religion and politics. She is also a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eWashington Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere she served previously as an editor. Sullivan, who has worked on Capitol Hill and at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, has written for a broad range of publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, Slate, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post. \u003c\/i\u003eA Michigan native, she holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Harvard Divinity School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42586895450208,"sku":"9780743297875","price":31.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/Zk8xbmllMGNqQWxvV0twRlBEUzc4UT09.webp?v=1771178141","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/party-faithful-how-and-why-democrats-are-closing-the-god-gap-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}