1st Edition

Republican Ascendancy in Southern U.S. House Elections

By Seth C. McKee Copyright 2010
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

Tremendous transformation marks the last three decades of American politics, and nowhere has this change been as distinctive and penetrating as in the American South. After 120 consecutive years of minority status, the rapid ascendancy of Southern House Republicans in the 1990s has reshaped the contours of contemporary American politics: increasing party polarization, making a Republican House... Read more
* Prologue * Acknowledgements * 1. Explaining Republican Ascendancy * 2. The Dynamics of Party Identification * 3. Electoral Effects of Redistricting * 4. Republican Candidate Emergence * 5. National Implications of Southern Republican Ascendancy * 6. The Future of Southern Congressional Politics * Appendix A: Documentation of Data Sources * Appendix B: Chapter 3 Supplementary Analyses * Appendix C: Chapter 4 Supplementary Tables * References * Index

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Seth C McKee