1. Rasheed Rankine Alex Bland GO-222
The Causes and Consequences of Interparty Competition in the Deep South: AL, GA, MS, SC 
Rasheed Rankine
Alex Bland
GO-222

2. Overview of the Part History
Period of Democratic dominance – Post-reconstruction to early 1994
Democrats started to lose ground to the G.O.P. in the post- civil rights era
1980 – Hard realignment across the U.S. impacts South significantly – G.O.P. expands its coalition

3. Southern Political Power

4. % of Senate, Assembly and Governor Controlled by Democratic Party

5. Democratic Control of the State Legislatures

6. Support for Democratic Presidential Candidate

7. Presidential Elections 1952- 1992
1960
1952
1964
1968
1980
1976
1992

8. G.O.P. Embrace of Conservative Southern Democrats

9. State vs. Citizen Liberalism

10. Republican Domination of The Deep South
2008

11. 1980 Presidential Election- Hard Realignment
Ronald Reagan Conservatism attracts Broad coalition –Southern Voters
Decline of the Democratic Party and dominance of the G.O.P.
There exists Factionalism in the Southern Republican Party (esp. South Carolina)
Remaining Democrats generally vote with G.O.P. on important issues