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Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America

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By Lynn Vavreck

Published Oct. 31, 2018

Identity Crisis (Princeton University Press) is a narrative account of the 2016 presidential election. Arguing that key factors foreshadowed the eventual outcome long before Trump and Clinton became the nominees, Vavreck and her colleagues offer a fresh take on Trump’s historic victory and what it says about America.  

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