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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"The 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
<p>The objective of this thesis is to take a topic that is relevant to graphic design, 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 …
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Relocation & Realignment: How the Great Migration Changed the Face of the Democratic Party
… of hostility 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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Political liberalism in South Africa in the 1980s and the formation of the Democratic Party
Bibliography: leaves 369-384.
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Are We Out of the Woods Yet? How Democrats and Progressives Need to Rethink their Message Framework
<p>The 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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Creating community through symbolic discourse: An analysis of Jesse Jackson's rhetoric at the Democratic National Conventions, 1984--2000
The 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
<p>The 1878 Georgia Fourth District Congressional Election demonstrated the persistence of the Bourbon Democrat movement. The campaign and election exemplified the techniques used by Bourbons to gain and maintain their influence. In this paper, three methods were focal points: the one-party system, …
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Henry Agard Wallace and Latin America (1932-1946): The Limits of American Liberalism
<p>The crowd waited anxiously, expecting the nominations for Vice President to begin momentarily. Throughout the galleries the chant began, "We want Wallace!" It swelled into an uproar and the chairman of the convention, Sam Jackson, despite all of his efforts, could not stop the chanting and the …
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The Effect of the Education Realignment on Party Position Taking in the United States
… of American politics noticed a growing divide in the voting behavior of individuals with and without a college education. Today, Americans with a college degree are much more likely to support the Democratic Party and those without a college degree are much more likely to support the Republican …
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Candidate emergence and success: Evidence from women in state legislative primary elections
The literature on the gender gap suggests that the main reason women continue to be underrepresented in Congress and most state legislatures is that women are not running for office. Many scholars suggest that the reason for the lack of women candidates is that women are not ambitious and choose …
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Distortion and Revolution in Texas U.S. Congressional Redistricting Politics: 1972-2014
… 2014, Texas evolved 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 …
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Forging a New Democratic Party: The Politics of the Third Way From Clinton to Obama
This dissertation 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 …
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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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An Inconvenient Coalition: Climate Change and Democratic Party Elite Discourse on Class, 1988-2008
… debates 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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A Vast and Varied Opposition: The Shifting War Democrat - Peace Democrat Continuum in Civil War Pennsylvania
This thesis identifies the Democratic party in Civil War Pennsylvania as existing along a shifting political continuum. This continuum ranged from the War Democrats, whose support for the Union war effort aided the Republican administration of Abraham Lincoln, to the Peace Democrats, whose …
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Real estate investment in Cuba : is now the right time?
On the eve of the fifty-year anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, change finally appears to be on the horizon for Cuba. In February 2008, Raul Castro succeeded his older brother Fidel as President of the Republic of Cuba. In the United States, a newly elected President and a Congress presumably …
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R. Walton Moore and Virginia Politics, 1933-1941
This study is a chronicle of the efforts of R. Walton Moore and the Roosevelt Administration 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 …
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The Effect of Political Affiliation or Political Ideology Match/Mismatch Between High School Teachers and Students on Student Academic Outcomes
Background: The current American political divide is expanding to levels unseen in previous decades due to a combination of factors such as increased polarization and mass party sorting. The educational system has been unable to escape the effects of these political divisions, which has led to …
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