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The Southern Strategy Revisited

Republican Top-Down Advancement in the South

By: Joseph A. Aistrup

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The Southern Strategy Revisited

Republican Top-Down Advancement in the South

By: Joseph A. Aistrup

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' "Southern Strategy" -a set of coherent ideological tactics designed to lure southern whites to support GOP candidates-and the Republicans' top-down party development efforts. Aistrup analyzes the historical evolution of the Republican Southern Strategy from Goldwater in 1961 to the "Contract with America" in 1994. Examining the roles of ideology, intra party politics, gerrymandering, and Democratic incumbency in Republican top-down advancement, he predicts the extent to which these will remain significant obstacles to GOP success in subnational elections after 1994. Aistrup reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the Southern Strategy as it relates to candidate ideology and examines the influences of Republican victories in national and statewide offices on the party's subnational advancement. He shows a clear connection between Republican presidential success and southern Republican advancement in local elections.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813183928

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9780813183923

Kansas Politics and Government

The Clash of Political Cultures

By: H. Edward Flentje,Joseph A. Aistrup

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Kansas Politics and Government

The Clash of Political Cultures

By: H. Edward Flentje,Joseph A. Aistrup

The rich history of Kansas politics continues to generate an abundant literature. The state?s beginning as ?Bleeding Kansas? followed by Prohibition, populism, the Progressive Era, and the Dust Bowl, through to the present day, have given local and national writers and scholars an intriguing topic for exploration. While historians and biographers shed light on pieces of this history, journalists focus on current political affairs in the state. Rarely, however, are past and present connected to fully illuminate an understanding of Kansas politics and government. ø This volume uses the prism of political cultures to interpret Kansas politics and disclose the intimate connections between the state?s past and its current politics. The framework of political cultures evolves from underlying political preferences for liberty, order, and equality, and these preferences form the basis for the active political cultures of individualism, hierarchy, and egalitarianism. This comprehensive examination of Kansas political institutions argues that Kansas politics, historically and presently, may best be understood as a clash of political cultures.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803220286

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9780803220287

The Southern Strategy Revisited

Republican Top-Down Advancement in the South

By: Joseph A. Aistrup

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Republican Top-Down Advancement in the South

By: Joseph A. Aistrup

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University Press of Kentucky

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The Southern Strategy Revisited

The Southern Strategy Revisited

Kansas Politics and Government

Kansas Politics and Government

The Southern Strategy Revisited

The Southern Strategy Revisited

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