Description: Building on his esteemed 2016 book, What Happened to the Republican Party?, John Kenneth White proposes to explain why the Republican Party has become home to conspiracy thinking, including a belief that lost elections were rigged--not just the election of Trump but the authoritarian shift in the party as a whole that led to the insurrection of January 6, 2021, and its aftermath.
Brief description:
John Kenneth White is the coauthor of American Political Parties: Why They Formed, How They Function, and Where They're Headed and the author of What Happened to the Republican Party? And What It Means for Presidential Politics among many other books.
Review Quotes:
"White's contributions extend beyond the historical development of the Republican party. He aptly ties these factors together, showing the Republican party, mired in lies and conspiracy theories, s responsible for some of the most threatening institutional developments to our democratic system."--Congress & the Presidency