From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans
Florida and Its Politics since 1940
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Political Parties, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | David R. Colburn | ISBN: | 9780813047140 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida | Publication: | September 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University Press of Florida | Language: | English |
| Author: | David R. Colburn |
| ISBN: | 9780813047140 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
| Publication: | September 17, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University Press of Florida |
| Language: | English |
Likely to raise hackles among Democrats and Republicans alike, this dynamic history of modern Florida argues that the Sunshine State has become the political and demographic future of the nation. David Colburn reveals how Florida gradually abandoned the traditions of race and personality that linked it to the Democratic Party. The book focuses particularly on the population growth and chaotic gubernatorial politics that altered the state from 1940, when it was a sleepy impoverished southern outpost, to the present and the emergence of a dominant Republican Party.
Likely to raise hackles among Democrats and Republicans alike, this dynamic history of modern Florida argues that the Sunshine State has become the political and demographic future of the nation. David Colburn reveals how Florida gradually abandoned the traditions of race and personality that linked it to the Democratic Party. The book focuses particularly on the population growth and chaotic gubernatorial politics that altered the state from 1940, when it was a sleepy impoverished southern outpost, to the present and the emergence of a dominant Republican Party.
