After Wallace : the 1986 contest for governor and political change in Alabama / Patrick R. Cotter and James Glen Stovall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cotter, Patrick R.

Contributor:

Stovall, James Glen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governors--Alabama--Election--History--20th century.

Governors.

Elections--Alabama--History--20th century.

Elections.

Political campaigns--Alabama--History--20th century.

Political campaigns.

Social change--Alabama--History--20th century.

Social change.

Alabama--Politics and government--1951-.

Alabama.

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998--Influence.

Wallace, George C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

All Alabama elections are colorful, but the 1986 gubernatorial contest may trump them all for its sheer strangeness. With the retirement of an aging and ill George Wallace, both the issues and candidates contending for the office were able to set the course of Alabama politics for generations to follow. Whereas the Wallace regimes were particular to Alabama, and the gubernatorial campaign was conducted in a partial vacuum with his absence, Alabama also experienced a wave of partisan realignment. A once solidly Democratic South was undergoing a tectonic political shift as white voters in l

Contents:

The dominance of George Wallace

Wallace's final exit

The Wallace legacy

The 1986 primary election

Runoff

Challenge

Democratic aftermath

The general election

Consequences

Explanations

Appendix A: Survey methodology

Appendix B: Election results.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8727-7

OCLC:

853362845