Black Politics, the GOP Southern Strategy, and the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act
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Katherine Tate
The extension of the temporary provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act sailed through Congress and was signed into law by President George Bush on July 27, 2006 without any major turbulence. The absence of major politics over its renewal in 2006 is striking when compared to the partisan battles in its 1982 extension. President Bush and the Republicans had an opportunity to water down the VRA, given that Blacks appear less politically radical or extremely liberal than in the 1980s. But GOP leaders did not pursue a southern strategy by contesting the VRA. Their reluctance confirms that Black power is solid. Black members of Congress framed the issue in a way that the administration recognized that blacks and minorities would mobilize if VRA renewal was challenged in a significant way.
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- Black Politics, the GOP Southern Strategy, and the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act
- Forecasting the 2006 National Elections to the U.S. House of Representatives
- Using the Generic Vote to Forecast the 2006 House and Senate Elections
- The 2.4% Solution: What Makes a Mandate?
- The Validity of the 2004 "Moral Values" Question
- Feast or Famine at the Federal Luau? Understanding Net Federal Spending under Bush
- Signing Statements: What to Do?
- The Legal Significance of Presidential Signing Statements
- Review
- Review of The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South
- Race for the Key to Explaining Partisan Realignment in the American South: Thoughts on Byron E. Shafer and Richard Johnston, The End of Southern Exceptionalism
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Article
- Black Politics, the GOP Southern Strategy, and the Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act
- Forecasting the 2006 National Elections to the U.S. House of Representatives
- Using the Generic Vote to Forecast the 2006 House and Senate Elections
- The 2.4% Solution: What Makes a Mandate?
- The Validity of the 2004 "Moral Values" Question
- Feast or Famine at the Federal Luau? Understanding Net Federal Spending under Bush
- Signing Statements: What to Do?
- The Legal Significance of Presidential Signing Statements
- Review
- Review of The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South
- Race for the Key to Explaining Partisan Realignment in the American South: Thoughts on Byron E. Shafer and Richard Johnston, The End of Southern Exceptionalism
