1. What is politics like without parties? Southern Politics 1876-1980

2. 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.

3. Why did the South have one party rule? Slavery and the plantation economy The Civil War and Radical Reconstruction Party ID

4. Presidential Elections 1876-88

5. Presidential Elections 1892-1904

6. Presidential Elections 1908-1920

7. Presidential Elections 1924-1936

8. Presidential Elections 1940-1952

9. Tennessee vs. South Carolina Republicans One strong faction Race Highly factionalized Localism and personalities

10. Consequences of one party rule Lots of variation Hard for voters to make decisions Issueless politics Poor quality, unaccountable leadership More corruption

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Southern Republicans, 1993 Born in SouthBorn in non-South Once a Democrat 151 Always a Republican 1814

15. Southern House Republicans 196019932006 AL035 AR021 FL11318 GA047 LA035 NC047 SC034 TN234 TX1921 VA148

16. Southern House Districts, 2005