Obamacare (Affordable Care Act), 8, 12, 48, 50, 66, 155, 229, 233, 234, 236, 238, 277, 281–84, 286, 442, 450, 453
Occupy Wall Street movement, 225
O’Connor, Flannery, 260
O’Connor, Michael, 468
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 170
Ogar, Laura, 468
Ohio, 59–60, 64, 65, 74, 263–64, 266, 271, 383, 384, 411, 419
O’Keefe, Kevin, 467
O’Leary, Ann, 467
Oliver, Mary, 46, 170
One Hundred Years of Solitude (García Márquez), 153
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Snyder), 9
Onward Together, 453, 468
opioid epidemic, 42, 61–62, 203, 236, 281–82
Orlando nightclub shooting, 187
Orwell, George, 9
Packnett, Brittany, 203
Page, Carter, 336, 354, 357
Painton, Priscilla, 468
Pally, Maura, 467Palmieri, Jennifer, 69, 313, 314, 342, 381, 467
Pam, 61, 62, 80
Panda Principle, 84
Panetta, Leon, 221
Pantsuit Nation, 127, 361
Paris, 278
Parker, Christopher, 414
Parkhomenko, Adam, 467
Patterson, Thomas, 220
Paul, Alice, 14
Paul, Matt, 60, 70, 467
Paul, Saint, 34
Paulson, Hank, 239
PBS, 78
Peabody Energy, 269, 270
Pearce, Anne Tate, 468
Pelosi, Nancy, 11–12, 250
Pence, Mike, 322
Pendleton, Cleo, 175, 179
Pendleton, Hadiya, 175
Peninsula Hotel, 377, 379, 381
Pennsylvania, 64, 74, 266, 278, 384, 385, 394, 395, 397, 407, 411, 412
Penny, Louise, 29
pension funds, 43
people of color, 10, 176, 278, 444
and economic anxiety vs. bigotry in voters, 410–18
Latinos, 128, 177, 424, 442
Mexican immigrants, 7, 15, 224–25, 232, 233, 277, 413, 415
see also African Americans; Muslims
Perez, Tom, 421–22
Perkins, Frances, 125
Perkins Coie, 465
Perlman, Adam, 468
Perry, Katy, 95
Peterson, Lauren, 467
Petraeus, David, 221
Pew Research Center, 127, 399
Philadelphia, Pa., 184, 255, 377, 378, 384, 402
Philadelphia Inquirer, 397
Pierce, Charles, 320
Piercy, Marge, 192
Pittsburgh, Pa., 278, 377, 384
Planned Parenthood, 34, 93, 130–31
Platten, Rachel, 95
Plouffe, David, 53–54, 65
Podesta, John, 54–55, 65, 69, 83, 294, 339, 345, 347, 348, 357, 384, 385, 406, 467
pizzeria claims and, 351–52
police officers, 173–80, 184–85, 203, 204–6, 415
policy(ies), 217–41, 272, 380, 467–68
budgets and, 224
“bumper sticker” ideas in, 234
Hillary Clinton’s campaign team for, 224, 226
inspirational vs. practical approaches to, 223–25, 227, 230, 231, 234
media coverage of, 222–23, 236, 289, 380
progressive, 53, 74, 77–79, 131, 185, 197, 201, 226–27, 229–31, 235, 422
putting back into politics, 234
of Sanders, 226–31, 234
targeted programs in, 238
Trump and, 231–32, 414
politics, 201
authenticity and likeability in, 121–25, 232
emotions and crying in, 122–24
women in, 111–45, 209
PolitiFact, 321
Pollitt, Katha, 157
pollsters, 65, 75, 379, 401–5
populism, 78, 188, 237, 273, 276, 400, 411, 422
Portman, Rob, 411
poverty, 196, 197, 208, 236, 238, 268, 413, 442
and epidemic of despair, 267–68
in Flint, 210, 211
welfare and, 206–8, 267
Powell, Colin, 51, 293, 296, 297, 299, 307
“Power of the Powerless, The” (Havel), 458
Praeli, Lorella, 93–94
prayer, 31–32
presidential campaigns and elections, 5, 201
of 1992, 65, 74, 90, 195, 236, 267, 286, 340, 397, 433, 435, 456, 457
of 2000, 5
of 2008, 23, 26, 41, 47, 52, 53, 60, 63–64, 66, 68, 70, 75, 83, 88, 195, 243–44, 279, 386
of 2012, 63, 64, 66, 71
presidential election of 2016:
authenticity and likeability issues in, 124–25, 232
caucuses in, 70, 71, 73, 245, 247
Democratic National Convention in, see Democratic National Convention of 2016
Election Day and Night, 377–89, 401–3
Electoral College in, 378, 386–87, 406, 407
first days after, 17–23
Hillary Clinton’s campaign in, see Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 2016 presidential campaign of
press coverage of, see media
primaries in, 70, 71, 73, 75, 102, 130, 185, 195, 211, 214, 225, 226, 230, 243–45, 247, 263, 411
reasons for outcome of, 391–425
Republican National Convention in, 249, 255, 300, 337
Russian interference in, 3, 233, 291, 304–5, 312, 318, 320, 333, 337–46, 350–65, 369–70, 374, 375, 381, 392, 393, 406–7, 409, 423
superdelegates in, 244–45
third-party candidates in, 362, 401, 402, 411–12
Trump’s victory in, 386–88, 393
votes for Hillary Clinton in, xiv, 71, 76, 128, 386–87, 425, 469
press, see media
Pride parades, 102–3
Priebus, Reince, 11
Priley, Jacob, 467
primaries, 70, 71, 73, 75, 102, 130, 185, 195, 211, 214, 225, 226, 230, 243–45, 247, 263, 411
prime ministers, 134
Princeton Election Consortium, 405
Priorities USA, 420
prisoners of war, 218
Prodigal Son, parable of, 33, 34
progressivism, 53, 74, 77–79, 131, 185, 197, 201, 226–27, 229–31, 235, 422
Prophet, The (Gibran), 152
Pryor, David, 50
Pryor, Mark, 50
Pulse nightclub shooting, 187
Putin, Vladimir, 221, 233–34, 326–37, 344, 352, 366, 371, 372
Assange and, 343–44
KGB past of, 327, 329
Morell on, 343
Obama and, 327, 356
Stein and, 336, 411–12
Trump and, 233, 333–35, 337, 339, 341, 343, 345, 346, 352, 369, 373–75, 387, 409
Putnam, Bob, 437
Pyatt, Geoff, 331
Quinnipiac University, 180
racial priming, 414–15
racism, see people of color
Ramsey, Chuck, 177
Rao, Amy, 467
Rauvin, 24
Rawlings, Mike, 184
Rayburn, Sam, 409
Ready for Hillary, 55
Reagan, Ronald, 40, 51, 84, 123, 249, 274–75, 311, 334, 335, 416, 433–34
RealClearPolitics, 401
reality, defining, 9
see also truth and facts
Reconnecting McDowell, 268, 272
Reddit, 349, 422
Reed-Veal, Geneva, 179
Reid, Harry, 333, 345–46, 350–51, 354, 355
Reidy, Carolyn, 468
Reines, Philippe, 84, 100, 104–7, 467
religious faith, 31–32, 34
of Hillary Clinton, 31–32, 34, 281, 440, 457
Remes, Emily, 468
Remie, 253
Remington Arms, 183, 190
Renaissance Technologies, 367–68
Rendell, Ed, 467
Renteria, Amanda, 70
reproductive rights, 130–32, 188, 228, 230
Republican National Committee (RNC), 11, 23, 275, 322, 421
Republican National Convention (1996), 438
Republican National Convention (2016), 249, 255, 300, 337
Republicans, Republican Party, 9, 10, 40, 48–50, 55–56, 66–68, 76, 78, 81, 157, 201, 202, 204, 206, 269, 285, 372, 380, 408, 433–34, 450
Benghazi attack and, 230–31, 297–99
coal communities and, 263, 276
cultural and racial appeals of, 274–75
Flint water crisis and, 213
government size and, 237