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A TALE OF TWO DECADES: SOUTHERN HOUSE ELECTIONS IN THE 1980s AND 1990s
Author(s) -
Beachler Donald W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2000.tb00579.x
Subject(s) - house of representatives , presidential system , political science , general election , economic history , public administration , political economy , history , law , politics , sociology
In the 1980s Republicans were unable to capture a majority of southern seats in the US House of Representatives. In the 1990s the GOP gained seats in the South in three consecutive elections. After the 1994 election, Republicans held a majority of southern House seats for the first time since Reconstruction. This note argues that southern House elections were nationalized in the 1990s as districts that voted Republican in presidential elections were far more likely to elect a Republican representative than in the preceding decade.