The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy

by Daniel Q Gillion and Daniel Q. Gillion

Book Overview

How political protests and activism influence voters and candidates

The "silent majority"--a phrase coined by Richard Nixon in 1969 in response to Vietnam War protests and later used by Donald Trump as a campaign slogan--refers to the supposed wedge that exists between protestors in the street and the voters at home. The Loud Minority upends this view by demonstrating that voters are in fact directly informed and influenced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691181772
• ISBN13: 9780691181776
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"