The Kids Are All Left, David Faris
The Kids Are All Left, David Faris
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The Kids Are All Left
How Young Voters Will Unite America

Author: David Faris

Narrator: Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/30/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

This crystal ball look into the future of American politics shows how the brewing generational shift to the Left is only the beginning of transformations to come.

A demographic apocalypse is coming for the Republican Party. Its most reliable voters are dying, and Republican elites have been unable to convince young people to vote for them in significant numbers for nearly 30 years. And yet, we find ourselves locked in a political stalement, and have twice this century sent the loser of the popular vote to the White House.

In The Kids Are All Left, political scientist David Faris examines how young voters are poised to end this partisan gridlock. He explores the policy transformations that young Americans will pursue, what this new society will look like, and how the remnants of the GOP could be changed into a more public spirited, reality-based organization of the center-right. Faris offers progressives a hopeful vision of the future, but he is realistic about the institutional obstacles that stand between voters and true majority rule. The result is a first look at America after Donald Trump.

This audiobook includes a bonus pdf of graphs and charts.

About The Author

DAVID FARIS is the author of It's Time To Fight Dirty and Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age. He is a regular contributor to The Week and an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University in Chicago.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

Demography is destiny, and that applies to political parties. Predictions of demographic doom for the GOP have been around for some time. In The Emerging Democratic Majority (2002), for example, two political scientists claimed the Republican era was over and a major realignment was certain within th......more

Goodreads review by Camille

Millennials and Gen Z are not only majority liberal, we’re actually even more liberal than previous generations’ young people were. Even millennial and Gen Z republicans tend to be substantially more liberal than, say, Boomer republicans. And that thing your older relatives like to say about how “yo......more

Goodreads review by Bob

Faris produces a compelling argument that the younger generation is more liberal than the older and that this is unlikely to change as they age. What I believe Faris overstates is why this is bad for the Republican Party. Faris does acknowledge towards the end that a more left younger generation may......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

Faris throws around lots of labels and generalizations. Few numbers or examples support his claims. This book supports his previous title about "It's Time to Fight Dirty". This book is full of dirty statements and unfinished ideas. I will avoid books from David Faris in the future.......more