Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980) - American political parties

How the Democrats and the Republicans all came from a federalist starting point – and how they're both trying to hang on to the overcrowded middle ground.

Published on Friday, 23rd January 1976.

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