Changing party coalitions [electronic resource] : the mystery of the red state-blue state alignment / Jerry F. Hough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hough, Jerry F., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Party affiliation--United States.

Party affiliation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Agathon Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Where did the "Red" states and "Blue" states come from? Jerry F. Hough, professor on the US Presidency at Duke University, looks at the American experience and examines the fundamental change in party alignment that took place in the second half of the 20

Contents:

Introduction

The "irrational" North-South coalition after the Civil War

The ethnic and religious character of parties in the North

The making of "the whites" and party change : changing ideas of race

The making of "the whites" and party change : the transformation of race

The institutional base for realignment

The origins of the Republican red-state strategy

The origins of the Democrats' blue-state strategy

The red state-blue state polarization and the issue of nationalism

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39552-8

9786611395520

0-87586-409-0

0-87586-408-2

OCLC:

185536853