Political Amateurism, Legislative Inexperience, & Incumbency Behavior
Southern Republican Senators, 1980-1986
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Marvin Overby (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 401-420 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3234971 |
| OpenAlex | W2321843187 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In no region of the country has national party politics changed so much since World War II as in the South. Solidly Democratic for decades, the South, especially Dixie, has become reliably Republican in presidential elections. Yet the GOP, while making inroads, has failed to win control of congressional delegations from the region. This article, which examines the experience of one group of southern Republican Senators, freshmen in the class of 1980, finds an explanation for GOP frustrations in the kind of candidate the party attracts
Democracy · Economic history · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Realigning election · Socialism · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2009 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |