>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/25/2004 12:56:34 PM >>> Michael Hoover wrote: >stuff on south is particularly interesting - more affluent white >southerners (many of whom are transplants from elsewhere) > have become >republicans more so than white working people...
I thought it was interesting when he pointed out that in the old days, Southern blacks were forbidden to vote, and poor whites didn't vote, so the Southern vote was dominated by upscale whites who voted for reactionary Dems. They've since become Rep. Doug <<<<<>>>>> yes, i should have noted above (poor whites who did vote were often 'voted for')... white working class turnout remains low in much of south, and no one does much to mobilize it (dean's fumbled attempt to address matter accepted stereotype that does not apply to most white working folks in south) planter class trajectory to reps is not surprising and their numbers alone would not make reps competitive, much less, dominant in large portions of region... interestingly, northern transplants to south haved often moved from dem party states, many were dems themselves before coming south... factor in some of this has been importance of military-industrial complex to southern economies in last fifty years... michael hoover -------------------------------------------------------------- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.
