The Endgame Election?
European Views on the United States Elections of 2024
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 16. September 2026
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-041-19779-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Endgame Election? European Views on the United States Elections of 2024 examines whether the 2024 U.S. presidential election marks a decisive turning point in American democracy by analyzing the contest and its broader political context from the perspective of European scholars.
Bringing together European scholars of American politics, this volume examines how Donald Trump's return to power unfolded against the backdrop of democratic backsliding, institutional fragility, and shifting electoral coalitions. It analyzes the internal transformations of the Democratic and Republican parties, the extraordinary replacement of Joe Biden by Kamala Harris, the role of media ecosystems and misinformation, the dynamics of voter suppression and the Electoral College, and the growing openness to executive aggrandizement within parts of the Republican Party. The book situates the 2024 election within broader debates about constitutional accountability, partisan polarization, and the erosion of democratic guardrails, asking whether the election narrowed the avenues of democratic self-correction that once defined the American system. The European vantage point offers analytical distance and comparative insight into patterns of democratic erosion familiar from other contexts.
This volume will be essential reading for scholars, students, and researchers of American politics, comparative politics, and democratic governance, as well as for policymakers and informed readers seeking to understand the implications of the 2024 election for the future of U.S. democracy.
Bringing together European scholars of American politics, this volume examines how Donald Trump's return to power unfolded against the backdrop of democratic backsliding, institutional fragility, and shifting electoral coalitions. It analyzes the internal transformations of the Democratic and Republican parties, the extraordinary replacement of Joe Biden by Kamala Harris, the role of media ecosystems and misinformation, the dynamics of voter suppression and the Electoral College, and the growing openness to executive aggrandizement within parts of the Republican Party. The book situates the 2024 election within broader debates about constitutional accountability, partisan polarization, and the erosion of democratic guardrails, asking whether the election narrowed the avenues of democratic self-correction that once defined the American system. The European vantage point offers analytical distance and comparative insight into patterns of democratic erosion familiar from other contexts.
This volume will be essential reading for scholars, students, and researchers of American politics, comparative politics, and democratic governance, as well as for policymakers and informed readers seeking to understand the implications of the 2024 election for the future of U.S. democracy.
Reviews / Votes
The Endgame Election examines the 2024 U.S. election from the perspective of qualified European scholars who analyse the campaign, presidency, congress, courts, political parties, media, and voters while exploring the possible demise of traditional American democracy and its impact on the international system. The book covers a topic of vital importance and presents its evidence and conclusions in an accessible style that will engage readers and challenge them to think about the implications of Donald Trump's re-election.Aubrey Jewett, Associate Director and Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
This book provides a unique European perspective on the 2024 American presidential election, and how it may signal the end of over 200 years of American democracy. Taking a broad perspective on the election, each chapter examines evidence that the United States has entered a period of democratic decline, and potentially a transition to a new authoritarian style of government.
David J. Andersen, Associate Professor of United States Politics, Durham University
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Illustrations
3 farbige Abbildungen, 20 s/w Zeichnungen, 3 farbige Zeichnungen, 36 s/w Tabellen, 23 s/w Abbildungen
36 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, color; 20 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, color; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-19779-9 (9781041197799)
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Maciej Turek | Philipp Adorf
The Endgame Election?
European Views on the United States Elections of 2024
E-Book
approx. 09/2026
Routledge
€60.49
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Maciej Turek | Philipp Adorf
The Endgame Election?
European Views on the United States Elections of 2024
E-Book
approx. 09/2026
Routledge
€60.49
Not yet available
Persons
Maciej Turek is an assistant professor at the Institute of American Studies in Polish Diaspora of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. His academic interests lie in American politics, including U.S. political institutions, elections, campaign finance system, and the state of contemporary U.S. democracy Dr. Turek authored books about the American Vice Presidency and presidential primaries, and co-authored to other about the U.S. campaign finance system and legal aspects. He also co-edited, with Renata Duda, a volume The Crossroads Elections. European Perspectives on the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections (Routledge 2024).
Philipp Adorf is a research associate at the University of Bonn, specializing in the Republican Party and the influence of demographic changes on its radicalization and electoral dynamics in the United States. His scholarly work includes How the South Was Won and the Nation Lost, which examines the history and political consequences of the Republican Party's Southern Strategy, and Die Republikanische Partei in den USA, a comprehensive German-language history of the party. He has also analyzed the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the success of right-wing populist parties among the white working class. Additionally, he has co-edited compendiums on U.S. democracy (Die USA-eine scheiternde Demokratie?) and right-wing populism (Aufstand der Aussenseiter).
Philipp Adorf is a research associate at the University of Bonn, specializing in the Republican Party and the influence of demographic changes on its radicalization and electoral dynamics in the United States. His scholarly work includes How the South Was Won and the Nation Lost, which examines the history and political consequences of the Republican Party's Southern Strategy, and Die Republikanische Partei in den USA, a comprehensive German-language history of the party. He has also analyzed the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the success of right-wing populist parties among the white working class. Additionally, he has co-edited compendiums on U.S. democracy (Die USA-eine scheiternde Demokratie?) and right-wing populism (Aufstand der Aussenseiter).
Content
1. The 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections as the Endgame Elections 2. The Prize: Competing Over the Presidency and the Future of U.S. Democracy 3. Biden and Beyond: The Democratic Party and Its Candidate Selection in the 2024 Elections 4. MAGA Strikes Back: The Completion of the Republican Party's Nativist Turn of the Beginning of the Trumpist Rainbow Coalition? 5. Voter Suppression as an Electoral Strategy of 2024 Presidential Election 6. Mathematics of the Electoral College 7. The Coach, Cat Ladies, and the American Dream: The Veepstakes of 2024 8. The U.S. Presidential Election of 2024: The Triumph of Populism in a Polarized Nation 9. Republican Advantage: Stakes and Outcomes of the 2024 U.S. Senate Election 10. A House (Narrowly) Divided: Understading the 2024 House Elections 11. U.S. Media in the 2024 Presidential Campaign 12. Citizen Musk: Financing the 2024 Election 13. Race, Class, and Changing Voter Coalitions in 2024 14. Foreign Policy Issues and the 2024 Ballot Box: The Election Campaign, Voting Behavior, and the New President's Approach to the Russian-Ukrainian War 15. The Legacy of the 2024 Elections: Implications for American Democracy