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Karl Rove wrote this book about the 1896 election, which he uses to draw comparisons to the modern political climate, saying that the past political climate was worse, but that it was still broken.
Let's start briefly with your most recent book, The Triumph of William McKinley. Why the election of 1896 still matters.
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Episode: 255. Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten
Karl Rove wrote this book about the 1896 election, which he uses to draw comparisons to the modern political climate, saying that the past political climate was worse, but that it was still broken.
Let's start briefly with your most recent book, The Triumph of William McKinley. Why the election of 1896 still matters.
I didn't set out to write a book drawing parallels. I set out to write a durable history of the 1896 election.