State In-Class Presentation Southern Politics – Fall 2012 You’ll be working with the other person or persons who are covering your state, if you aren’t working on your state alone. As you divide up the work, make sure you all do an equal portion of the work. Your presentation will lead off our […]
Here are some questions for this week's readings. V. O. Key, chapter 1 Remember that this book was written in the late 1940s. Key has become a classic study of southern politics, and a lot of other historians and political scientists use his model for describing the South. What is Key’s main argument […]
The LibGuide for the class is available here: http://libguides.wofford.edu/gov333
Alabama Holladay Gieser Arkansas -Nobody selected Florida McCurry McMillan Georgia Banks Kennedy Clark Louisiana Padula Neely Osborne Mississippi Cockcroft North Carolina Boyles Hardison Young South Carolina Gault Witherspoon Hildebrand Tennessee Richardson Daniels Texas Tollison Frost Virginia Selvakumar Bradshaw Maryland Summers West Virginia Ringel
I've updated the powerpoint slides for Wednesday's and Friday's class – they are on my W drive. http://webs.wofford.edu/stonerp/ Each link has the slides for that class.
Here is the link to the website where I've posted the last 3 sets of slides from class. http://webs.wofford.edu/stonerp/ Enjoy…
Where we are: in the 1980s Presidential Voting in the South – Republicans dominate. Congressional and Statewide voting in the South Democrats continue to dominate. 1980 saw election of Republican US Senators in NC, GA, FL, AL, joining GOP Senators in SC, TX, VA, TN, NC, and MS Most states still […]
Ronald Reagan's 1984 "Morning in America" Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-IBF8nwSY
Questions to consider as we move into the post-civil rights era: Southern distinctiveness versus southern influence on American politics The 1968 presidential election http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1968 How does the 1968 election affect the course of politics? Who does Richard Nixon target? Who does George Wallace target? How does the addition of African-American voters to the […]
Newspaper Assignment I would like for you to monitor a major newspaper in your assigned state on the web. I will ask you to make regular written (via e-mail or comment on the class blog) reports that I’ll review and perhaps call on you to share with the class. Summarize, in a few […]