Author: Peter Dunbar
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813065194
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379

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Despite Florida’s current reputation as a swing state, there was a time when its Republicans were the underdogs against a Democratic powerhouse. This book tells the story of how the Republican Party of Florida became the influential force it is today. Republicans briefly came to power in Florida after the Civil War but were called “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags” by residents who resented pro-Union leadership. They were so unpopular that they didn’t earn official party status in the state until 1928. Peter Dunbar and Mike Haridopolos show how, due largely to a population boom in the state and a schism in the Democratic Party, Republicans slowly started to see their ranks swell. This book chronicles the paths that led to a Republican majority in both the state Senate and House in the second half of the twentieth century and highlights successful campaigns of Florida Republicans for national positions. It explores the platforms and impact of Republican governors from Claude Kirk to Ron DeSantis. It also looks at how a robust two-party system opened up political opportunities for women and minorities and how Republicans affected pressing issues such as public education, environmental preservation, and criminal justice. As the Sunshine State enters its third decade under GOP control and partisan tensions continue to mount across the country, this book provides a timely history of the modern political era in Florida and a careful analysis of challenges the Republican Party faces in a state situated at the epicenter of the nation’s politics.

Author: Republican National Committee (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Author: George Washington Platt
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Author: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ). National Committee, 1884-1888
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Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 764

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Author: Republican Congressional Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Author: Theodore J. Lowi
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806128870
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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In The End of the Republican Era, Theodore J. Lowi predicts not only a collapse of the Republican coalition but also the potential collapse of the United States’ republican experiment at large. Professing that the ideologies of dominant political coalitions contain the seeds of their own destruction, Lowi suggests that the efforts of a new conservative Right to enforce a national, religion-based morality has brought about the demise of the Republican era. A new, in-depth afterword by Lowi brings the text up to date with a discussion of political events since the book’s original publication. Noting the appearance of the new Conservative coalition, whose ideology runs counter to that of the traditional Republican party, Lowi affirms that the Republican era did in fact come to an end during the 1990s, having morphed into a Conservative party.

Author: Republican Congressional Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Author: Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Author: Republican National Committee (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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