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What It Took to Win A History of the Democratic Party

Michael Kazin

A The Democratic Party is the world’s oldest mass political organization. Since its inception in the early nineteenth century, it has played a central role in defining American society, whether it was exercising power or contesting it. But what has the party stood for through the centuries, and how...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

He noted the book is a new history of the Democratic Party from its early 19thcentury origins to the present, and he recommended it alongside the other titles.

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And I'm also reading kind of the last book on my plate here is What It Took to Win, which is a new book by the historian Michael Kazin. It's a history of the Democratic Party from its beginnings in th...

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He noted the book is a new history of the Democratic Party from its early 19thcentury origins to the present, and he recommended it alongside the other titles.

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And I'm also reading kind of the last book on my plate here is What It Took to Win, which is a new book by the historian Michael Kazin. It's a history of the Democratic Party from its beginnings in the early 19th century to the present.

American Scandal

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American Scandal

The book argues that successful political parties are broad coalitions as America is a very broad and diverse country.

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Well, actually, my most recent book, if I don't mind me pushing it, is called What It Took to Win in the History of the Democratic Party.

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The book argues that successful political parties are broad coalitions as America is a very broad and diverse country.

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Well, actually, my most recent book, if I don't mind me pushing it, is called What It Took to Win in the History of the Democratic Party.

And the point I make in that book is that successful parties are always broad coalitions because we're a very broad, diverse country.

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