Deplorable: The Worst Presidential Campaigns from Jefferson to Trump - Hardcover

by Mary E. Stuckey (Author)

Explores the use of anti-democratic language in US presidential elections, using examples detailing the political, economic, and cultural elements that make such appeals more likely.

Author Biography

Mary E. Stuckey is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Communication at Penn State University. She is the author of eleven books, including Voting Deliberatively: FDR and the 1936 Presidential Campaign, also published by Penn State University Press.