Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy

One of The Wall Street Journal’s best political books of 2022

An eye-opening new history of American political conflict, from Alexander Hamilton to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

These days it seems that nobody is satisfied with American democracy. Critics across the ideological spectrum warn that the country is heading toward catastrophe but also complain that nothing seems to change. At the same time, many have begun to wonder if the gulf between elites and ordinary people has turned democracy ...