Chapter 7. Is the Concept of Electoral Capture Applicable to Other Groups? The Case of Gay and Lesbian Voters in the Democratic Party and the Christian Right in the Republican Party

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2. Competitive Parties and the “Invisibility” of Captured Groups 27
7. Chapter 3. National Party Competition and the Disenfranchisement of Black Voters in the South, 1866–1932 49
8. Chapter 4. Capture Inside the Democratic Party, 1965–1996 87
9. Chapter 5. Party Education and Mobilization and the Captured Group 120
10. Chapter 6. Black Representation in Congress 140
11. Chapter 7. Is the Concept of Electoral Capture Applicable to Other Groups? The Case of Gay and Lesbian Voters in the Democratic Party and the Christian Right in the Republican Party 179
12. Afterword to the 2010 Edition. Obama and the Representation of Captured Groups 207
13. Index 237