The Age Of Voter Rage
Literary Nonfiction. Democracy is becoming a toxic environment, rife with trolls, bots, fake news and computational propaganda. Why, and what can be done? In this highly informative, engaging and readable book, Canada's lead pollster and data expert Nik Nanos gives an insider's look into the surprise outcomes that favoured Trump, Trudeau, and Macron, along with the Brexit and UK election votes. Nanos asserts that it is more the tyranny of small numbers fuelled by economic anxiety than a massive populist wave. We are in a new era, where the margins wield the power for change and no outcome can be certain. Welcome to the age of voter rage.

"In explaining complex political trends, Nanos does what he does best: he goes back to the numbers. A must-read for those who want to better understand not just the political earthquakes that have shaken the West in recent years, but how technology is challenging our ability to know what is truly on the mind of our fellow citizens. Nanos' wake-up call is one we should all hear."—Graham Fox

"This is an important book for volatile times. Nik Nanos has demonstrated why, more than ever, we need to understand how public opinion is driving the tumultuous change we're seeing in some of the world's most enduring democracies."—Susan Delacourt

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The Age Of Voter Rage
Literary Nonfiction. Democracy is becoming a toxic environment, rife with trolls, bots, fake news and computational propaganda. Why, and what can be done? In this highly informative, engaging and readable book, Canada's lead pollster and data expert Nik Nanos gives an insider's look into the surprise outcomes that favoured Trump, Trudeau, and Macron, along with the Brexit and UK election votes. Nanos asserts that it is more the tyranny of small numbers fuelled by economic anxiety than a massive populist wave. We are in a new era, where the margins wield the power for change and no outcome can be certain. Welcome to the age of voter rage.

"In explaining complex political trends, Nanos does what he does best: he goes back to the numbers. A must-read for those who want to better understand not just the political earthquakes that have shaken the West in recent years, but how technology is challenging our ability to know what is truly on the mind of our fellow citizens. Nanos' wake-up call is one we should all hear."—Graham Fox

"This is an important book for volatile times. Nik Nanos has demonstrated why, more than ever, we need to understand how public opinion is driving the tumultuous change we're seeing in some of the world's most enduring democracies."—Susan Delacourt

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The Age Of Voter Rage

The Age Of Voter Rage

by NIK NANOS
The Age Of Voter Rage

The Age Of Voter Rage

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Literary Nonfiction. Democracy is becoming a toxic environment, rife with trolls, bots, fake news and computational propaganda. Why, and what can be done? In this highly informative, engaging and readable book, Canada's lead pollster and data expert Nik Nanos gives an insider's look into the surprise outcomes that favoured Trump, Trudeau, and Macron, along with the Brexit and UK election votes. Nanos asserts that it is more the tyranny of small numbers fuelled by economic anxiety than a massive populist wave. We are in a new era, where the margins wield the power for change and no outcome can be certain. Welcome to the age of voter rage.

"In explaining complex political trends, Nanos does what he does best: he goes back to the numbers. A must-read for those who want to better understand not just the political earthquakes that have shaken the West in recent years, but how technology is challenging our ability to know what is truly on the mind of our fellow citizens. Nanos' wake-up call is one we should all hear."—Graham Fox

"This is an important book for volatile times. Nik Nanos has demonstrated why, more than ever, we need to understand how public opinion is driving the tumultuous change we're seeing in some of the world's most enduring democracies."—Susan Delacourt


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781911335665
Publisher: Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date: 01/10/2018
Pages: 185
Product dimensions: 5.75(w) x 8.85(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Nik Nanos is a Canadian pollster, data scientist and business strategist who is one of the top 100 most influential people in government and politics in Canada in 2017 according to The Hill Times. He is the Founding Chairman of Nanos Research and has among the most distinguished records for reliability in research in the polling industry. He is the pollster of record for the Globe and Mail and CTV News, and also designed and oversees the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Conference Index. Nik is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC, a research associate professor at the State University of New York in Buffalo and the Vice Chair of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

Table of Contents

Dedication 9

Introduction 11

Chapter 1 How Donald Trump Drop-kicked Washington's Solar Plexus 25

Chapter 2 The Newest Canadian Path to Victory: Kill 'Em With Kindness' 47

Chapter 3 What UK Independence Leader Nigel Farage Has in Common with a Montana Park Ranger: You Have to Burn the Forest to Save It 67

Chapter 4 I'd Like my Election Shaken, Not Stirred: How the Age Margins Squeezed the May Tories 87

Chapter 5 L'État C'est Moi: How a Rothschild Banker Smashed France's Party System 107

Chapter 6 Are Polls Really for the Dogs? How to Read Them Like a Pro 123

Chapter 7 The Age of Voter Rage Top Ten: What Did We Learn? 139

Chapter 8 Trolls, Bots and Computational Propaganda: How Democracy is Being Rewired 155

Concluding Thoughts 171

Political timelines 176

Acknowledgements 179

Index 181

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