POLS 3530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Emancipation Proclamation, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
9 Feb 2018
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It is di cult to get third party attention in the united states. Median voter theorem - the idea that there are less ideological extremists than there are moderates so it is best for a candidate to appeal to the middle. However, parties sometimes stray due to a new group in the electorate (e. g. african americans in the 1960"s). Frymer disputes key"s argument that a lack of a two-party system in the south in the late 1800"s led to voter disenfranchisement among blacks and poor whites. Party leaders" perception that median voters are hostile to black interests led to counter-reforms that eclipsed black interests. Post-civil war era: 1866 reconstruction: while the emancipation proclamation only freed slaves in the confederacy (adding to forces in the union army and taking means of production from the south), the. Republican party began losing the white electorate. Previous thinkers believe this was due to the lack of party competition.
