What is politics like without parties?

Southern Politics 1876-1980

Reading Quiz

• 1. When was Southern Politics written? (If you don’t know, make a guess and explain it).

• 2. Answer either (a) or (b)

– A. Who is Crump?

– B. According to Key, how much class politics is there in South Carolina?

• This quiz will count for participation credit.

Why did the South have one party rule?

• Slavery and the plantation economy

• The Civil War and Radical Reconstruction

• Party ID

Presidential Elections 1876-88

Presidential Elections 1892-1904

Presidential Elections 1908-1920

Presidential Elections 1924-1936

Presidential Elections 1940-1952

Tennessee vs. South Carolina

• Republicans

• One strong faction

• Race

• Highly factionalized

• Localism and personalities

Consequences of one party rule

• Lots of variation

• Hard for voters to make decisions

• Issueless politics

• Poor quality, unaccountable leadership

• More corruption

How did the South regain two-party competition?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Air conditioning and northern migration

7 Southern Republicans, 1960

• Mountain Republicans:– Howard Baker, Eastern Tennessee

– B. Carroll Reece, Eastern Tennessee

– Richard Poff, Southwestern Virginia

– Charles Jonas, Blue Ridge North Carolina

• Centers of Northern Migration:– William Cramer, St. Petersburg, FL

– Bruce Alger, suburban Dallas

– Joel Broyhill, suburban DC, Virginia

Immigration produces Republicans

• Of the 16 Southern House Districts with Highest Percentage of Population Born Out of State in 1973, 9 were represented by Republicans. All were in Virginia, Florida, and Arkansas.

• Of the 10 Southern House Districts with the most population growth in 1986, 7 were represented by Republicans

• Of the 11 Southern House districts with the Lowest percentage of citizens reporting having lived in the same state for ten years in 1986, 8 are represented by Republicans

Southern Republicans, 1993

Born in South Born in non-South

Once a Democrat

15 1

Always a Republican

18 14

Southern House Republicans

1960 1993 2006

AL 0 3 5

AR 0 2 1

FL 1 13 18

GA 0 4 7

LA 0 3 5

NC 0 4 7

SC 0 3 4

TN 2 3 4

TX 1 9 21

VA 1 4 8

Southern House Districts, 2005