Geology and Election 2000

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Geology and Election 2000

• Steven I. Dutch
• Natural and Applied Sciences
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
• Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311-7001

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High Black Population
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Low White Population
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Poverty
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Election 1996
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Election 1976
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Election 1984
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Election 1968
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Election 1964
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Patterns
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Population Density
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Cotton
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Tenant Farming, 1992
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Tenant Farming, 1910
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Black Settlement
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Cotton Production 1859
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Cotton Production 1899
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Cotton Ginned, 1913
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Cotton Production 1921
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Fertilizer
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Components of the Arc

• Alabama-Mississippi Black Belt of favorable
  soils and topography for cotton farming
• Georgia Fall Line, Remained somewhat marginal
  as production shifted from Piedmont to Coastal
  Plain?
• South Carolina Voting patterns anti-correlated
  to Cretaceous, correlated with lower Tertiary.
  Explanation?

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Factors in Development of the Arc

• Pre-Civil War spread of agriculture and slavery
• Disruption by Civil War
• Realignment of agricultural patterns after boll
  weevil
• Black emigration
• Advent of fertilizers and shift of production
  from Piedmont to Coastal Plain.

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Questions

• Why does black population linger along this
  feature?
• What is the connection in South Carolina?