MODERNIZATION VERSUS TRADITIONALISM IN NORTH-CAROLINA SENATE RACES - HIDDEN HOPE FOR THE DEMOCRATS

Authors
EAMON TF ELLIOTT D
Citation
Tf. Eamon et D. Elliott, MODERNIZATION VERSUS TRADITIONALISM IN NORTH-CAROLINA SENATE RACES - HIDDEN HOPE FOR THE DEMOCRATS, Social science quarterly, 75(2), 1994, pp. 354-367
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Social science quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384941
Volume
75
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
354 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4941(1994)75:2<354:MVTINS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
This demographic study focuses on cleavages which develop when souther n Republicans campaign on a militantly conservative social agenda. Loo king at three diverse North Carolina senatorial elections, it finds th at dramatic right-wing Republican gains among whites living in countie s with a high proportion of blacks are counteracted in part by losses in metropolitan areas. Despite seeming atrophy in the Democratic coali tion, the analysis questions recent studies which suggest a continued drift to the GOP.