Changing party coalitions the mystery of the red state-blue state alignment /

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Main Author: Hough, Jerry F., 1935-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Agathon Press, c2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The "irrational" North-South coalition after the Civil War
  • The ethnic and religious character of parties in the North
  • The making of "the whites" and party change : changing ideas of race
  • The making of "the whites" and party change : the transformation of race
  • The institutional base for realignment
  • The origins of the Republican red-state strategy
  • The origins of the Democrats' blue-state strategy
  • The red state-blue state polarization and the issue of nationalism
  • Conclusion.