Toward a one-party south?

American Politics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-32

  Hayes, Danny ^a   Mckee, Seth C ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

partisan change; party realignment; Republican Party growth; southern exceptionalism; southern politics; two party competition; voting trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849085835     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X07307278     Document Type: Article

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