Reactionary Republicanism

Irwin L. Morris is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research focuses on a variety of topics in the fields of American politics, including political economy, public policymaking, race and ethnic politics, and Southern politics. Dr. Morris is the author of several books, including The American Presidency: An Analytical Approach (Cambridge 2010)and The Rational Southerner: Black Mobilization, Republican Growth, and the Partisan Transformation of the American South (coauthored with M.V. Hill III and Quentin Kidd, Oxford 2012). Professor Morris has also published many articles in top ranked journals such as Legislative Studies Quarterly, Electoral Studies, American Journal of Political Science; Public Choice, American Politics Research, Social Science Quarterly, and Political Behavior.Bryan T. Gervais is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science & Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). In addition to his work on the Tea Party in Congress, his research focuses on the effects of exposure to political incivility and the connection between uncivil discourse and anti-deliberative attitudes. He is also the coordinator of the Digital Politics Studio at UTSA, whose mission it is to archive and analyze political elites' social media posts. Dr. Gervais' journal publications have appeared in Political Communication; Politics, Groups, and Identities; PS: Political Science & Politics; Social Science Quarterly; the International Journal of Public Opinion Research; and the Journal of Information Technology & Politics.

Bryan T. Gervais and Irwin L. Morris develop the most sophisticated analysis to date for gauging the Tea Party's impact upon the U.S. House of Representatives. They employ multiple types of data to illustrate the multi-dimensional impact of the Tea Party movement on members of Congress.

• Chapter 1 Resentful Republicanism: How the Tea Party in the House Paved the Way for Trump's Victory Chapter 2 Tea Party to Trump: Representing Resentful Republicans Chapter 3 The Tea Party in the House of Representatives Chapter 4 The Representational Foundations of Tea Party Association in the House Chapter 5 Tea Party-ness and Roll Call Voting in the House Chapter 6 Tea Party-ness, Bill Sponsorship, and Legislative Effectiveness Chapter 7 Tea Party-ness and Public Presentation: Aversion-Inducing Rhetoric and Anti-Deliberative Behavior Chapter 8 Civility and Tea Party Rhetoric: The Bridge to Trumpian Bluster? Chapter 9 Tea Partiers on the National Stage: The 2012 and 2016 Elections Chapter 10 Tea Party-ness, Trump, and the Future of the Republican Party