Changing party coalitions : the mystery of the red state-blue state alignment / / Jerry F. Hough.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Hough, Jerry F., 1935-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 305 p.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• The "irrational" North-South coalition after the Civil War
• The ethnic and religious character of parties in the North
• The making of "the whites" and party change : changing ideas of race
• The making of "the whites" and party change : the transformation of race
• The institutional base for realignment
• The origins of the Republican red-state strategy
• The origins of the Democrats' blue-state strategy
• The red state-blue state polarization and the issue of nationalism
• Conclusion.