POLI 435 Lecture 16: POLI435L16
1 Nov 2016
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Frymer: race & party competition / williams: race & Welfare: make-up midterm, monday, nov. 7, 12:05-13:25 (birks 017, only available for those who missed test due to illness or other authorized reason. Party system & electoral capture of african americans. Capture in the democratic party since civil rights movement. Even after blacks gained vote and retained: ways in which party sys worked to give ltd. How the party system and af am interact with. Party competition, public opinion, voter alignment interact with one another. Most white voters opposed black demands much of the time; or party leaders thought so. Through much of us hist. , majority of white voters oppose demands of black voters. At least, political leaders saw public opinion this way. Political leaders exercise greatest in uence over what parties did. Result: party leaders felt if appealed too much to af am, then suffer net electoral loss. Lose more white votes in gaining black votes.
