The Quiet Before the Storm

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ID2135151
AuthorsLawrence D Bobo (0000-0002-4280-0538, Stanford University, corresponding author), Matt Dawson (0000-0002-6493-6209), Michael C Dawson
Year2005
Volume2
Issue1
Pages1-4
Publication date2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDu Bois Review Social Science Research on Race (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1742-058X • E-ISSN: 1742-0598
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1742058x05050010
OpenAlexW2082904916
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

Elections matter. This is perhaps especially true in times of deepening inequality and cultural polarization. Commentators on both sides of the political aisle were in unison on two points: the 2004 presidential election was the most important such contest in a century, and the U.S. electorate has never seemed so sharply divided. The intensity of feeling around the Bush-Kerry contest has solidified in the national consciousness a well understood distinction between "blue states" and "red states." It has also resulted in the most complete consolidation of conservative Republican control of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government in history

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