An Analysis of Voting Patterns in Mobile, Alabama, 1948-1970 (open access)

An Analysis of Voting Patterns in Mobile, Alabama, 1948-1970

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the voting trends in Mobile, Alabama, which have developed since 1948; particular emphasis is placed upon the role of the Negro vote in Mobile politics before and after the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Voyles, James Everett, 1943-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Court-Curbing in the Ninetieth Congress (open access)

Court-Curbing in the Ninetieth Congress

This study seeks to analyze quantitatively the Court-curbing tendencies of the Ninetieth Congress.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Mecklenburg, Frederick
System: The UNT Digital Library
The South in Presidential Politics: The End of Democratic Hegemony (open access)

The South in Presidential Politics: The End of Democratic Hegemony

The purpose of this paper is to document and quantify the primary reasons for the gradual erosion of southern Democratic hegemony in presidential elections during the last twenty-four years. The results confirm and reinforce the findings of the historical study, which indicates the primary reason for changing southern allegiance has been the changing philosophy of the Democratic Party in the civil rights field.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Buchholz, Michael O.
System: The UNT Digital Library