Supporters Say Jesse Can Win Nomination By Odies C. Wilson III Vol. 9, No. 2, 1987, pp. 19-21 Jesse Jackson ’88 Exploratory Committees are being formed in over 30 states. The initial success and enthusiasm of these efforts have received

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Talking Down Reform: Filibustering Campaign Reform By Ann McBride Vol. 10, No. 2, 1988, pp. 4-5 During February, the cots were back in the United States Capitol. For the first time in years, the Senate was involved in an extended

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Winning the South By Ken Johnson Vol. 11, No. 2, 1989, pp. 1, 3-4 For Democrats, the Solid South is history. This, having been true for the national party for some time now, is becoming the case for Democrats at

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An Abrupt Reversal Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 30-31 Frank Porter Graham and the 1950 Senate Race in North Carolina, by Julian M. Pleasants and Augustus M. Burns. (University of North Carolina Press, 1990, xv,

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Thurmond Reviewed by Tom Terrill Vol. 15, No. 3, 1993, pp. 30-32 Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change, Nadine Cohodas (Simon and Schuster, 1993, 574 pages). This is a workmanlike, well researched, but narrowly conceived study of one

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The Midterm Elections in the South: Another Democratic Slide? By Allan J. Lichtman Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998 pp. 4-5 The notion that Bill Clinton saved the Democratic party by moving it from the left to the center of the

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Incomes/Outcomes: Campaign Finance as a Civil Rights Issue By Sharon Basco Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998 pp. 13-15 Throughout United States history, the right to vote has been defined, expanded, contracted, and refined. Textbooks call voting “the most elemental form

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Soft Money Showered on the States: Redistricting and Election 2000 By Edwin Bender Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 4-5 Early in the 2000 election cycle, as the presidential candidates began their campaigns in earnest, the Tennessee Republican State Executive

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Election 2000 Across the South By Sarah E. Torian Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 10-13 Across the South, affirmative action, felony disfranchisement, the environment, and public education hang in the balance as states elect new governors, legislators, congresspeople, and

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