(Paperback)

This book deconstructs the 2016 campaign appeals of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump to disenfranchised and polarized publics at opposite ends of the political spectrum through a rhetoric of divisive partisanship grounded in antipolitics. These ultimately contributed to the defeat of Hillary Clinton and a decline in American democratic discourse.

(Hardback)

This book deconstructs the 2016 campaign appeals of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump to disenfranchised and polarized publics at opposite ends of the political spectrum through a rhetoric of divisive partisanship grounded in antipolitics. These ultimately contributed to the defeat of Hillary Clinton and a decline in American democratic discourse.

(Hardback)

Democratic Disunity: Rhetorical Tribalism in 2020 maintains that while attention has focused on the tribal bifurcation of the GOP, the Democratic Party is similarly divided. Rhetorical strategies anchored in dialogue may diminish the effect of political partisanship, including its toxic variations between and within American political parties.