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The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South (2009) excerpt and text search; Steed, Robert P. and Laurence W. Moreland, eds. Writing Southern Politics: Contemporary Interpretations and Future Directions (2006); historiography & scholarly essays excerpts & text search; Tindall, George Brown.
[161] [162] [163] When looked at broadly, studies have shown that White Southerners tend to be more conservative, both fiscally and socially, [164] [165] [38] than most non-Southerners and African Americans.
The Southern United States as defined by the Census Bureau. In American politics, the Southern strategy was a Republican Party electoral strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans.
The politics and economy of the South were historically dominated by a small rural elite. [10] When looked at broadly, studies have shown that Southerners tend to be more conservative than most non-Southerners, with liberalism being mostly predominant in places with a Black majority or urban areas in the South.
His argument is that Southerners were in tension, possibly due to poor Whites being marginalized by rich Whites, free and enslaved Blacks being denied basic rights, and rich and politically empowered Whites having their power threatened by Northern politicians pushing for more federal control of the South, especially over abolition. He argues ...
What’s happening. One of the enduring truths of American politics is that women tend to be more liberal than men. A majority of women have supported the Democratic candidate in every ...
A study of Southern Unionists in Alabama who continued to support the Union during the war found that they were typically "old fashioned" or conservative "Jackson" Democrats, or former Whigs, who viewed the federal government as worthy of defending because it had provided economic and political security.
Women in six U.S. states are now effectively allowed to be topless in public, according to a new ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.. The decision stems from a multiyear legal battle ...