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Political Realignment in the South

Political Realignment in the South. The Significance of States’ Rights and Civil Rights In Shattering the Democrats’ “Solid South”. The Politics of the Old South. The pre-Civil War period and Slavery South-North Polarization

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Political Realignment in the South

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  1. Political Realignment in the South The Significance of States’ Rights and Civil Rights In Shattering the Democrats’ “Solid South”

  2. The Politics of the Old South • The pre-Civil War period and Slavery • South-North Polarization • The post-Reconstruction South: Democratic Dominance 1880-1920 Racism of Southern Democratic Party Voting Restrictions and Corrupt Elections

  3. The “Solid Democratic South” • V.O. Key Southern Politics In State and Nation (1949) • FDR and the New Deal 1932-1944 • The Democratic Party: States’ Rights/Civil Rights Dispute • 1948 Election: “out of the shadow of states’ rights”…?

  4. 1948 Revolt • Dixiecrat (States’ Rights) Party Thurmond-Wright ticket • Deep South Loyalty: MS 87%, AL 80%, SC 72%, LA 49% • Effect of ’48: Three trends in Presidential Voting • 1952 Revival: Stevenson-Sparkman

  5. DemocratsandCivilRights • The National Party embraces Civil Rights movement 1950s and 1960s • Kennedy administration and King • President Lyndon Baines Johnson: “Champion for Federal Desegregation”

  6. 1964 • The Civil Rights Act • Barry Goldwater and States’ Rights • Southern Response: MS, AL, SC, LA, GA vote Republican • “Solid South” broken over Race issues

  7. Party identification in the South, 1952-1984

  8. 1968 • Southern Revolt against Great Society • Wallace and the American Independent Party • Humphrey 31% of Southern Vote

  9. The South after 1968 • Since 1972, South voted for Republicans in most Presidential elections • 1976 Election • Clinton-Gore 1992 and 1996 • “Split-level Realignment” Kevin Phillips (1969)

  10. The Current Southern Electorate • Democratic Party limited to some local successes • Dealignment: 1952-1964 Elections • Realignment: 1968-1980 Elections • Racial Divide in Presidential Voting • Democrats’ “Solid South” is now Republicans’ “Key to Victory”

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