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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822236203321

Autore

Kondik Kyle

Titolo

The long red thread : how Democratic dominance gave way to Republican advantage in US House elections / / Kyle Kondik ; foreword by Douglas B. Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens : , : Ohio University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-8214-4734-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 pages)

Disciplina

320.973

Soggetti

Apportionment (Election law) - United States - History

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Praise for the Long Red Thread -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: From Dark Blue to Light Red -- Data, Definitions, and Methodology -- One: The Partisan Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution in the United States House of Representatives, 1964-74 -- Two: The Roots of the Republican Revolution, 1976-94 -- Three: The House from 1996 to 2020: A Persistent but not Unassailable Republican Edge -- Conclusion: A Half Century of Change in the House -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

Election analyst Kyle Kondik examines House elections since the 1964 Supreme Court "one person, one vote" rulings to explain the Republicans' consistent advantage from their 1994 takeover to the present.