Electoral Patterns in Alabama

Local Change and Continuity Amid National Trends
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-06769-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 122 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in US Elections

While significant attention in political science is devoted to national level elections, a comprehensive look at state level political dynamics in the United States is so far sorely missing, and state level electoral developments and shifts are treated as mere reflections of national-level dynamics and patterns. This book argues that this significantly impacts our ability to understand macro-level electoral shifts in the United States in general. The book analyzes gubernatorial, congressional, and presidential election results in the state of Alabama from 1945 through 2020. Comprehensive maps of county-level partisan shifts over time and comparisons between trends for different offices make it possible to isolate pivotal elections and compare state-level and national trends over time. When and where did Alabama’s electorate break with the Democratic Party, and were these breaks uniform across the state? Which counties shifted the most over time, and wasthis shift gradual or characterized by change elections? Comprehensive electoral data, on the county- and precinct-level, make it possible to answer these questions and place state-level electoral behavior in its regional and national context. Detailed county level demographic and economic data is used to provide local context for electoral patterns, shifts, and continuities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wagner, Regina L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Theoretical Background2 The Alabama of the Dying Old South: 1945 - 1968 3 Tidal Wave of Change: 1970 - 1994
4 Change Meets Continuity: 1996 - 2020 5 Epilogue: A Look Towards the Future

Über Autor(innen)

Regina L. Wagner is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama, USA.