The southern strategy revisited : Republican top-down advancement in the South

The southern strategy revisited : Republican top-down advancement in the South / Joseph A. Aistrup.

The 1994 elections represented a watershed year for southern Republicans. For the first time since Reconstruction, they gained control of a majority of national seats and governorships. Yet, despite these impressive gains, southern Republicans control only three of twenty-two state legislative chamb...

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Main Author: Aistrup, Joseph A., 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1996.
Subjects:
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Since 1951
Elections > Southern States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
Elections
Politics and government
Southern States > Politics and government > 1951-
Southern States
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Table of Contents:
  • Seeds of change
  • The rhetoric of the southern strategy
  • Colonizing the south
  • Contesting and winning elections
  • Ideology: conservatives versus Moderates
  • Intraparty coalition politics: the Coleman paradox
  • The redistricting explanation
  • Democratic incumbency
  • Top down advancement
  • The southern strategy and top-daoen advancement: conclusion.

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