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What is politics like without parties?

What is politics like without parties?. Southern Politics 1876-1980. Reading Quiz. 1. When was Southern Politics written? (If you don’t know, make a guess and explain it). 2. Answer either (a) or (b) A. Who is Crump? B. According to Key, how much class politics is there in South Carolina?

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What is politics like without parties?

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  1. What is politics like without parties? Southern Politics 1876-1980

  2. Reading Quiz • 1. When was Southern Politics written? (If you don’t know, make a guess and explain it). • 2. Answer either (a) or (b) • A. Who is Crump? • B. According to Key, how much class politics is there in South Carolina? • This quiz will count for participation credit.

  3. Why did the South have one party rule? • Slavery and the plantation economy • The Civil War and Radical Reconstruction • Party ID

  4. Presidential Elections 1876-88

  5. Presidential Elections 1892-1904

  6. Presidential Elections 1908-1920

  7. Presidential Elections 1924-1936

  8. Presidential Elections 1940-1952

  9. Republicans One strong faction Race Highly factionalized Localism and personalities Tennessee vs. South Carolina

  10. Consequences of one party rule • Lots of variation • Hard for voters to make decisions • Issueless politics • Poor quality, unaccountable leadership • More corruption

  11. How did the South regain two-party competition? • Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Air conditioning and northern migration

  12. 7 Southern Republicans, 1960 • Mountain Republicans: • Howard Baker, Eastern Tennessee • B. Carroll Reece, Eastern Tennessee • Richard Poff, Southwestern Virginia • Charles Jonas, Blue Ridge North Carolina • Centers of Northern Migration: • William Cramer, St. Petersburg, FL • Bruce Alger, suburban Dallas • Joel Broyhill, suburban DC, Virginia

  13. Immigration produces Republicans • Of the 16 Southern House Districts with Highest Percentage of Population Born Out of State in 1973, 9 were represented by Republicans. All were in Virginia, Florida, and Arkansas. • Of the 10 Southern House Districts with the most population growth in 1986, 7 were represented by Republicans • Of the 11 Southern House districts with the Lowest percentage of citizens reporting having lived in the same state for ten years in 1986, 8 are represented by Republicans

  14. Southern Republicans, 1993

  15. Southern House Republicans

  16. Southern House Districts, 2005

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