The Emerging Populist Majority analyzes America’s political future and changing coalitions through long-term and emerging trends across demography, geography, and ideology.
America is on a new rendezvous with destiny…at least that’s what co-authors Troy M. Olson and Gavin M. Wax explore in The Emerging Populist Majority. With confounding consensus narratives in our media and culture, and building on Donald Trump’s historical upset in the 2016 presidential election, Olson and Wax make the case that the populist revolt remaking American politics is merely at the midfield point. Furthermore, they argue that this revolt is poised to continue long-term, and more recent trends predict that populism will become the major political movement in America for the remainder of the twenty-first century.
Building on the late 1960s tradition when Kevin P. Phillips accurately predicted the next generation of Republican dominance at the presidential level, and considering the forecasted coalition of the ascendent that found its way through the electoral process in the 2006 midterm wave and election of Barack Obama in 2008, The Emerging Populist Majority exists both in that tradition and sets itself apart. Casting doubt and scrutiny on realignments and the traditionally agreed-upon narrative about them, this book is an exploration of the elite corridors of American society.
Leaving no stone unturned, this analytical dive into the past, present, and future of America’s changing electorate and emerging coalitional makeup running through its two major parties has something for the politically obsessed across the divide, at home, and abroad.
About the Author
TROY M. OLSON is a post-9/11 army veteran, lawyer-by-training, family man, writer, sergeant-at-arms for the New York Young Republican Club, and chairman of the Veterans Caucus. Troy is currently serving as a legislative director in the New York City Council. In addition to a JD, Troy has an MA in International Relations and has a background in politics, campaigns, law, writing, and real estate. You can find his regular writings on his Substack where he writes about public policy, geopolitics, and American political realignment. Troy was born and raised in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and is based out of New York City where he lives with his wife, Jacqueline, and his son, Theodore.
GAVIN M. WAX is a New York–based conservative activist, commentator, columnist, and operative. He serves as the seventy-sixth president of the New York Young Republican Club, the oldest and largest young republican club in the country, and is a frequent guest on Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, One America News, and Real America’s Voice News. Gavin’s articles have been published in American Greatness, American Thinker, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, Foundation for Economic Education, The Hill, Human Events, The Mises Institute, The National Pulse, Newsmax, Newsweek, RealClearDefense, RealClearPolicy, RealClearPolitics, and Townhall, among others.
Forward By Raheem Kassam, Afterword By Steve Cortes
