Title The southern strategy revisited : Republican top-down advancement in the South / Joseph A. Aistrup

Published Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (307 pages) Contents Seeds of change -- The rhetoric of the southern strategy -- Colonizing the south -- Contesting and winning elections -- Ideology: conservatives versus Moderates -- Intraparty coalition politics: the Coleman paradox -- The redistricting explanation -- Democratic incumbency -- Top down advancement -- The southern strategy and top-daoen advancement: conclusion Summary The 1994 elections represented a watershed year for southern Republicans. For the first time since Reconstruction, they gained control of a majority of national seats and governorships. Yet, despite these impressive gains, southern Republicans control only three of twenty-two state legislative chambers and 37 percent of state legislative seats. Joseph A. Aistrup addresses why this divergence between the national and subnational levels persists even after GOP national landslides in 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1994. Explanations for this divergence lie in the interaction between the Republicans' Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) SUBJECT Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) fast (OCoLC)fst00544975 Subject Elections -- Southern States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties. Elections. Politics and government. SUBJECT Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125659 Subject Southern States. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813147925 0813147921

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