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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"Democratic Party"”.
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Group Heterogeneity and Affective Polarization Within The Democratic Party
Historically, the Democratic party has been infamous for representing a more diverse group of people and interests. However, in recent election years the Democratic primary campaigns have exhibited a growing hostility between different ideological factions within the party. Drawing on traditional …
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Branding and the Democratic Party: a design methodology case study
… branding, and apply it to an organization. The Democratic Party was chosen for two reasons. One reason is that there has been criticism that the Party lacks focus. The second reason is that it is an election year and the Iowa Caucus process provided access to explore the subject. This thesis set …
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Relocation & Realignment: How the Great Migration Changed the Face of the Democratic Party
… toward Black people, what motivated the Democratic Party of the 1960s to change its position on civil rights? My dissertation examines one of the most significant developments in American political history--the shift of the U.S. political parties on racial issues. In Relocation and …
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Political metamorphosis: an historical profile of the Democratic Party in North Carolina, 1800-1892
<p>The history of North Carolina's Democratic Party between 1800 and 1892 is one of changing party leadership and membership composition. Wealthy landowners—the planter elite—saw their power and total dominance of state affairs slowly ebbing away until shifting populations, war, and a greater …
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An Inconvenient Coalition: Climate Change and Democratic Party Elite Discourse on Class, 1988-2008
… among elite members and affiliates of the Democratic Party from 1988-2008 on class issues and their relevance to the party's environmental agenda. This research builds off of several related historical and theoretical accounts (both primary and secondary) of new social and economic …
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Forging a New Democratic Party: The Politics of the Third Way From Clinton to Obama
… analyzes the evolution of the American Democratic Party’s ideological orientation from 1985 to 2014. The central problem is to develop an understanding of how shifts in political-economic context and factional agency combine to produce alterations in the predominant ideology of a U.S. …
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Political liberalism in South Africa in the 1980s and the formation of the Democratic Party
Bibliography: leaves 369-384.
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The British Labour Party and the German Social Democratic Party: Changing Attitudes towards the Welfare State
… to the change in attitudes of the German Social Democratic Party and the British Labour Party towards the welfare state during the period from 1990 to 2010 and which effects in consequence these changes had on the existing welfare states. This thesis builds on the welfare state categorization …
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The waning of the two giants: the electoral decline of the Italian Christian Democratic Party and the Italian Communist Party
… in electoral support for the Italian Christian Democratic Party (DC) and the Italian Communist Party (PCI), now the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS). Signs of the electoral decline of both parties began to appear in the late 1970s and early 1980s and accelerated in the late 1980s and early …
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Are We Out of the Woods Yet? How Democrats and Progressives Need to Rethink their Message Framework
… aftermath of the election revealed that the Democratic Party made critical errors and had structural issues that made executing our messaging more difficult. The Democratic Party needs to return to a set of principles that prioritizes all people and their wellbeing to win elections. What do …
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R. Walton Moore and Virginia Politics, 1933-1941
… to liberalize the conservative Virginia Democratic Party during the 1930's. Moore was an elderly politician and amateur historian who had been in and out politics in the state for over forty years. He was opposed at every turn in his efforts by state Democratic Party organization leader …
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Creating community through symbolic discourse: An analysis of Jesse Jackson's rhetoric at the Democratic National Conventions, 1984--2000
… Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson has addressed the Democratic National Convention through five consecutive election cycles. Jackson's political involvement works to challenge the majority value system. Each address aims to create a community consisting of minority voices in America by bringing them …
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Dissent From Bourbon On-Party Rule: The 1878 Georgia Fourth District Congressional Election
… paper, three methods were focal points: the one-party system, the Democratic Party nominating conventions and the influence of an active press. Significant local issues included in this election were the importance of the rural voters, and the influence of the Democratic Party on Fourth District …
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Public liability : insurance regulation and the creation of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
… by Dave Barrett, Robert Strachan, and the New Democratic Party government of British Columbia, the corporation was controversial and denounced by many as a socialist encroachment into the economy for purely ideological reasons. Previous studies of the ICBC have done little to dispel this notion …
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Henry Agard Wallace and Latin America (1932-1946): The Limits of American Liberalism
… Vice President on the second ballot at the 1944 Democratic convention as the regulars within the party flexed their muscle.</p> <p>The fight between the liberal New Dealers and the more conservative Dixiecrats and City Bosses within the Democratic party had been won by the latter. The defeat of …
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The Effect of the Education Realignment on Party Position Taking in the United States
… degree are much more likely to support the Democratic Party and those without a college degree are much more likely to support the Republican Party. This trend, concentrated among whites, is a reversal of voting behavior in the past. I call this reversal the education realignment: the …
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The rise of the Reagan Democrats in Warren, Michigan, 1964-1984
From 1964 to 1984, the Democratic Party lost support in the white working class Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan, as formerly loyal Democrats defected to vote for George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. This study examines three controversies that contributed to this "Democratic …
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Party loyalty among Democratic and Republican leaders : a case study of McLennan County, Texas.
An examination of political party loyalty of leaders within the Democratic and Republican parties of McLennan County. Texas, is the purpose of this study. More precisely, the study deals with the leaders' attitudes toward party loyalty, on both long and short terms. A comparison is made between …
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