PBPL 82.41 Rockefeller Republicans

Nelson A. Rockefeller ’30 was elected as a Republican to be governor of New York four times before ultimately serving as Vice President in the Ford Administration during the mid-1970s. Why are political moderates, including Nelson Rockefeller, not more common in American politics? More specifically, why don’t centrists win more often and dominate the political scene? To explore these questions, this class considers the evolution of the Republican party through the experience of Nelson Rockefeller and those who followed him in America.

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