The Causes and Consequences of Interparty Competition in the Deep South: AL, GA, MS, SC

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The Causes and Consequences of Interparty
Competition in the Deep South AL, GA, MS, SC 

• Rasheed Rankine
• Alex Bland
• GO-222

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Overview of the Part History

• Period of Democratic dominance
  Post-reconstruction to early 1994
• Democrats started to lose ground to the G.O.P. in
  the post- civil rights era
• 1980 Hard realignment across the U.S. impacts
  South significantly G.O.P. expands its
  coalition

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Southern Political Power
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• of Senate, Assembly and Governor
• Controlled by Democratic Party

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• Democratic Control of the State Legislatures

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Support for Democratic Presidential Candidate
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Presidential Elections 1952- 1992
1960
1952
1964
1968
1980
1976
1992
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G.O.P. Embrace of Conservative Southern Democrats
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State vs. Citizen Liberalism
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Republican Domination of The Deep South
2008
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1980 Presidential Election- Hard Realignment

• Ronald Reagan Conservatism attracts Broad
  coalition Southern Voters
• Decline of the Democratic Party and dominance of
  the G.O.P.
• There exists Factionalism in the Southern
  Republican Party (esp. South Carolina)
• Remaining Democrats generally vote with G.O.P. on
  important issues