Spencer Goidel is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. His research has been published in outlets such as Public Opinion Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, and American Politics Research.Kirby Goidel is Professor and Associate Head of Political Science at Texas A&M University.  His previous books include Nativist Nation: Populism, Grievance, Identity, and the Transformation of American Politics (2025) and Democracy’s Meanings: How the Public Understands Democracy and Why it Matters (2022).

• Chapter 1: Trump Came in Like a Wrecking Ball.- Chapter 2: Can We Call It a Realignment?.- Chapter 3: How a RINO Captured the Republican Party and Transformed American Politics.- Chapter 4: The Class Traitor from Queens – Degree-Holding as the Defining Cleavage.- Chapter 5: Are We Witnessing a Racial De-Alignment?.- Chapter 6: Corporate America and the GOP: How the Republican Party Fell Out of Love with Big Business.- Chapter 7: Immigration and Trade: Trump’s Anti-Globalist Bread and Butter.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: What We Learn from the Trump Realignment.

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Spencer Goidel is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. His research has been published in outlets such as Public Opinion Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, and American Politics Research.Kirby Goidel is Professor and Associate Head of Political Science at Texas A&M University.  His previous books include Nativist Nation: Populism, Grievance, Identity, and the Transformation of American Politics (2025) and Democracy’s Meanings: How the Public Understands Democracy and Why it Matters (2022).

• Chapter 1: Trump Came in Like a Wrecking Ball.- Chapter 2: Can We Call It a Realignment?.- Chapter 3: How a RINO Captured the Republican Party and Transformed American Politics.- Chapter 4: The Class Traitor from Queens – Degree-Holding as the Defining Cleavage.- Chapter 5: Are We Witnessing a Racial De-Alignment?.- Chapter 6: Corporate America and the GOP: How the Republican Party Fell Out of Love with Big Business.- Chapter 7: Immigration and Trade: Trump’s Anti-Globalist Bread and Butter.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: What We Learn from the Trump Realignment.

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Spencer Goidel is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. His research has been published in outlets such as Public Opinion Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, and American Politics Research.Kirby Goidel is Professor and Associate Head of Political Science at Texas A&M University.  His previous books include Nativist Nation: Populism, Grievance, Identity, and the Transformation of American Politics (2025) and Democracy’s Meanings: How the Public Understands Democracy and Why it Matters (2022).

• Chapter 1: Trump Came in Like a Wrecking Ball.- Chapter 2: Can We Call It a Realignment?.- Chapter 3: How a RINO Captured the Republican Party and Transformed American Politics.- Chapter 4: The Class Traitor from Queens – Degree-Holding as the Defining Cleavage.- Chapter 5: Are We Witnessing a Racial De-Alignment?.- Chapter 6: Corporate America and the GOP: How the Republican Party Fell Out of Love with Big Business.- Chapter 7: Immigration and Trade: Trump’s Anti-Globalist Bread and Butter.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: What We Learn from the Trump Realignment.

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