Hi, I'm a highly reviewed and experienced academic writer. Here's a brief sample of a paper I wrote on the 1976 Republican Primary between Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford:
It is natural for the recent observer of American politics to see our current, fervently partisan, positively dysfunctional political system and assume that it has always been so. In the age of Tea Parties and Occupations, deeply ideological and bitterly confrontational opinion media, and frequent political showdowns and dramatic ultimatums, hyper-polarization feels normal. However, there was a time when interparty coalitions were routinely formed to solve the problems of the day. In fact, there once existed a time when there was significant overlap between the most liberal Republicans and the most conservative Democrats. To be sure, the rise of party polarization did not happen overnight. The contemporary Republican Party underwent a period of moderation with the advent of Dwight Eisenhower's "Modern Republicanism," followed by the rise of militant anti-communism and extreme libertarianism with the nomination of ultra-conservative Barry Goldwater in 1964. The GOP was later led by moderates Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford before the election of conservative hero, Ronald Reagan in 1980. The Reagan Revolution then produced the right-wing ideologue Newt Gingrich, whose Contract with America called for a massive reduction in the size and scope of the federal government, which in turn laid the groundwork...