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Wendell Willkie and the Republican Party
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The Rise of the Republican Party in Minnesota
University of Minnesota Masters thesis. July 1922. Major: Political Science. 1 computer file (PDF); 77 pages.
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Henry S. Lane and the birth of the Indiana Republican Party, 1854-1861
… of this study is Lane and his part in the Republican Party, another important part to this thesis is the examination of Indiana and national politics in the 1850s. This thesis studies the development of the Hoosier Republican Party and the obstacles the young organization experienced as it …
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The Fugitive Slave Law, Antislavery and the Emergence of the Republican Party in Indiana
… into office. However, in 1854 the People's Party , a fusionist opposition movement opposed to the extension of slavery into the federal territories, coalesced in the aftermath of the passage of Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas' Kansas-Nebraska Act, and carried the state's fall elections. By …
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Francis A. Schaeffer : the force behind the evangelical takeover of the Republican Party in America
… Christians has been the near "take-over" of the Republican Party. This thesis examines the life and work of Francis Schaeffer, his religious beliefs, and his leadership in the development of the Religious Right in America. It also presents new insights on perhaps the single greatest issue used by …
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Hostile Takeover: The New Right Insurgent Movement, Ronald Reagan, and the Republican Party, 1977-1984
… thinking to the right, a divided Democratic party, demographics, and cultural issues as a way to explain the success of conservatism in the latter half of the twentieth century. Some historians credit grassroots movements for their impact on conservatism, while others believe that influential …
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James Evetts Haley and the New Deal: Laying the Foundations for the Modern Republican Party in Texas
… who worked to defeat Roosevelt and supported the Republican candidate, Alf Landon. He continued to lead a small faction of anti-New Deal Texans in various movements through the 1960s. Haley espoused and defended certain conservative principles over the course of his life and the development of …
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The Significance and Impact of Women on the Rise of the Republican Party in Twentieth Century Texas
… the early twentieth century, the Democratic party dominated the conservative political landscape of Texas. Through the 1920s, members of the Republican party focused on patronage and seemed content to maintain the position of minority party. A growing dissatisfaction with the liberal policies …
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The midwife and birth of conservatism in 1960: Barry Goldwater and the ascendancy of the right in the Gop
… dissident minority conservative faction of the Republican Party during the 1950s and early 1960s and its takeover of the Republican Party in 1964. Using established communication theories that define a social movement and a movement leader, the paper attempts to judge if the conservative …
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Republican leaders in McLennan County, Texas : a case study of political and social characteristics associated with southern Republicanism.
… to the 1964 and 1966 conventions of the Texas Republican Party. The purpose of the study, which employed the survey method, was to examine these delegates in their role as leaders of the county party rather than as representatives to the state convention. The intent of the study was to test …
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God's army : religious conservatives at the 1992 Republican National Convention.
… had been an important voting bloc for Republican presidential candidates. They provided crucial monetary and organizational support, but they were often dissatisfied with their lack of prominence within the party. The 1992 Republican National Convention marked a turning point for both …
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The Effect of the Education Realignment on Party Position Taking in the United States
… 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 movement of …
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“The Union of the South is the Safety of the South”: Conspiracy Theories, Sectionalism and the Secession Crisis in Virginia
… from President-elect Abraham Lincoln and his Republican Party. In these debates proponents of disunion peddled conspiracy theories. According to secessionists, shadowy forces, whether they be the Republican Party, abolitionists, or enslaved African Americans, were plotting to violently destroy …
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The Twilight of the Texas Democrats: The 1978 Governor's Race
… demographics, and campaign strategies led the Republican Party nominee, Dallas businessman Bill Clements, to defeat the Democratic nominee, Attorney General John Hill, to break the 105-year old Democratic lock on the governorship and how this victory affected the evolution of Texas into a …
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Vanguard of the Right: The Department of Education Battle, 1978-1979
… to form the nucleus of the New Right in the Republican Party. Using divisive racial and religious issues, these conservatives tried, and failed, to thwart the Department of Education project. Congressional testimony, the Carter administration’s internal documents, and newspaper editorials …
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From Subject to Citizen: Tarleton Bates and Evolution of Republican Man on the Pennsylvania Frontier
… he became an influential leader of the local Republican Party. His politics eventually involved him in a number of disputes, and in 1806 he was forced to fight a duel with a local merchant named Thomas Stewart. The microhistory describes Bates life within the context of American history during …
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From the Committee of 100 to the Committee to Re-Elect the President: The Political Campaigns of Richard M. Nixon
… fought his campaigns independently from the Republican Party and how he relied on the help of a few dedicated men.</p>
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Distortion and Revolution in Texas U.S. Congressional Redistricting Politics: 1972-2014
… from a state controlled by the Democratic Party since Reconstruction to one dominated by the Republican Party. This thesis examines the relationship between measures of district compactness and changing demographics (decreasing non-Hispanic White percentage and increasing Hispanic …
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