Phillips was born in Manhattan in 1940, and grew up in the Bronx, raised by a family of Irish, Scottish, and English … See more

Phillips began his political career as an aide to Republican Representative Paul A. Fino. He worked as a strategist on voting patterns for Richard Nixon's 1968 campaign, which was the basis for a book, The Emerging … See more

As time went on, Phillips grew increasingly disillusioned with the Republican Party. Claiming that the Watergate scandal had dealt a fatal blow to his vision for a perpetual Republican majority, he was a critic of exp… See more

In 1968, Phillips married Martha Henderson. A resident of Naples, Florida, he died from complications of Alzheimer's disease at a hospice facility near his home on October 9, 2023, at the age of 82. See more

• The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) ISBN 0691163243 ISBN 978-0691163246
• Mediacracy: American Parties and Politics in the Communications Age (1974) ISBN 0-385-04945-5… See more

• Walsh, Martin Michael (August 1975). The Emerging Republican South: Is Kevin Phillips Correct? (MA thesis). College of Willam and Mary. doi:10.21220/s2-1pbt-q381. See more