| Crom said:
Are you kidding? I already posted facts. Data. Where is your data? This statement proves that you are incapable of being objection. It is a fact that Republicans supported Civil Rights far greater than Democrats did. Again: Since 1933, Republicans had a more positive record on civil rights than the Democrats. In the twenty-six major civil rights votes since 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 % of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 % of the votes.
Also about the South: Democratic incumbents still held sway over voters in many states, especially those of the Deep South. In fact, until 2002, Democrats still had much control over Southern politics. It wasn't until the 1990s that Democratic control gradually collapsed, starting with the elections of 1994, in which Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress, through the rest of the decade. A huge portion of Representatives, Senators, and voters who were referred to as Reagan Democrats in the 1980s were conservative Southern Democrats. An interesting exception to this trend is Arkansas, where to this day all but one statewide elected officials are Democrats. (The state has, however, given its electoral votes to the GOP in the past three Presidential elections, although in 1992 and 1996, "favorite son" Bill Clinton was the candidate and won each time.) |
Ummmmm.....are you reading my posts. The problem is, its not Democrats.....its the South. I guarantee you that those number would be very different if you looked at civil rights votes while controlling for the South. There's a reason why people, when running regressions for this time period, usually include controls for the South.....because its a huge casual factor.
For example, 94% of Northern Democrats voted for the Civil Rights act while 7% of Southern Democrats voted for it........for Republicans, the numbers are 85%(Northern) and 0% (Southern)......I think you get my point. The South is a much more important causal factor than party ID when looking at the behavior of legislators during this time period. As I mentioned before, it just so happens that there are many more Democrats than Republicans in the South during this time period.
Another problem is that including data since 1932 is problematic considering that civil rights wasn't a big issue during this time.......you know......the Great Depression followed by World War II. Its really in the late 1940s/1950s when you see the civil rights movement pick up, and you see civil rights really become a salient issue.
As far as data, I can cite you multiple sources and books if you want. The final part of your post......pretty much confirms exactly what I said. The party realignment of House members in the South lagged significantly behind the presidential realignment.
