POLS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Michelle Obama
28 Oct 2016
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Red states v. blue states: origin of red and blue state colors is the media. Media decided to use red and blue as it was visually distinctive. Tim russer covered gore v bush election and referred to states as red and blue. "reddest" and "bluest" states: refers to how states vote locally. Depends on the political stances of politicians at the state level and the local level. Purple state: swing states (i. e. florida, ohio, virginia, colorado) Cannot understand american politics without understanding race. 1965 voting rights act completely changed the voting behavior of african americas, was a monumental point in american political history. African american voter turnout has gradually increased since 1965 and has surpassed white. American voter turnout in the past two elections. They mostly identify with the democratic party. While political parties are racialized and white americans dominate both parties, minorities still support the democrats.
