HIST 111 Lecture 27: Politics and the Rise of New Conservativism
New voters
Voting Rights Act, 1965
a.
Civil Rights Movements- feminism, AIM, Chicano/a, gay rights
b.
Not women and African Americans are voting, which shifts the results
greatly and drives voter identities and parties to appeal to the new
demographic
c.
1.
Rise of an independent voter
George Wallace and populism, 1968 and 1972
Wallace opens the door to a shift in voters by declaring themselves
as independent; Some did this because they were disgusted by both
parties, and some were to allow voters from both "sides" to
consider them, as opposed to keeping them in solely one party
i.
Independent candidates appeal to swing suburbs and states
ii.
a.
Watergate and disillusionment 1974
b.
Cultural conflicts
c.
2.
Realignment
New Deal coalition fractures in the 1960s- labor, white south, farmers, big
city machines, racial minorities
a.
White voters in South into Republican Party (brought in by Roosevelt)
b.
African American voters cohesive for Democrats
c.
Swinging suburbs- Independent
d.
Rise of ideological conservativism in Republican party
e.
Labor unions, white southerners, big city political machines, farmers, and
racial minorities who began to identify with Roosevelt and his plan to help
every man and help the average person within the New Deal
f.
3.
Chicano/a Movement
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Starting to make demands for better conditions from their employers and
better work days/hours
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Chavez goes on 25 day hunger strike which causes more media attention
for farm worker movement
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Students don't feel well represented in schools
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Facilities and conditions in primarily Mexican-American schools are not
good
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United Farm Workers of America
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American Indian Movement (AIM)
National Indian Youth Council
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Alcatraz Island, 1969
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Wounded Knee, 1793
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Notes
For the first time, more southern whites voted republican over democratic in
the rural south, because of the previous rural south's white voter allegiance to
the democratic party in 1964
Able to "peel off" white southerners to vote republican over democratic,
which is what led to this drastic change
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1980: more southern whites began, for the first time, to identify with the
republican party (no longer just voting with them, but now also voting with that
party
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1970s Market Solutions
Sunbelt (right to work)
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Free trade
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Deregulation
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Examples: Las Vegas, pornography, no fault divorce, volunteer military, Airline
Deregulation Act 1978
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High inflation and high unemployment (wouldn’t predict that these would
happen at the same time)= Stagflation
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The choice of the individual
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Nixon ends the draft in 1972
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Shift from citizenship obligations to marketing and consumer regulations
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Economic Theory
Individualism and neoliberalism
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Frederich von Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (1944)
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Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957)
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Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom (1962)
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Cultural Fragmentation
Roe v. Wade 1973- Griswold v. Ct. 1965 and Baird v. Einsentadt 1972
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Stonewall, 1969- gay rights
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Arguments emerge regarding prostitution and pornography and whether or not
they should be legal/publicized
Some argued that it was good for women having choice and having
control of their bodies, and others argue that it is not good for them and
bad for their health
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Griswold gives married couples the right to freely choose and discuss whether
or not they would like to have or purchase birth control (no longer the state
predicting what they can and can not do)
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Stonewall
A gay bar for both men and women
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Found comfort and safety here because homosexual activities/behaviors
were largely considered immoral and illegal at this time
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New York had laws against homosexuals engaging in homosexual
behaviors
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Minimum of 3 gender appropriate articles of clothing at a time
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Technically illegal for homosexuals to congregate and engage in "gay
behaviors", which made these bars illegal
Many of these bars were operating illegally and operating without a
license because these behaviors are considered illegal
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Police raid the bar and 13 people were elected (some were people
drinking at the bar because of 3 garment rule and some were
owners/employees violating the selling of alcohol without a license rule)
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This sparked many protests and led to the beginning of the gay rights
movement
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Realignment and the Rise of Conservativism in the Republican Party
1964 Barry Goldwater campaign
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Richard Viguerie- direct mail and segmenting voters
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Moral Majority, 1979- Jerry Falwell
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Reagan and 1980
"Reagan Democrats"
White voters who used to vote republican but have now moved to vote
for Reagan as a democrat
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Breaking off of labor unions and voting for him
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Sunbelt
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The New Right
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Voter apathy
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Politics and the Rise of New Conservativism
Monday, April 9, 2018
1:35 PM
Document Summary
Civil rights movements- feminism, aim, chicano/a, gay rights. Not women and african americans are voting, which shifts the results greatly and drives voter identities and parties to appeal to the new demographic. George wallace and populism, 1968 and 1972 i. ii. Independent candidates appeal to swing suburbs and states. 3. b. c. a. b. c. d. e. f. New deal coalition fractures in the 1960s- labor, white south, farmers, big city machines, racial minorities. White voters in south into republican party (brought in by roosevelt) Labor unions, white southerners, big city political machines, farmers, and racial minorities who began to identify with roosevelt and his plan to help every man and help the average person within the new deal. Starting to make demands for better conditions from their employers and better work days/hours. Chavez goes on 25 day hunger strike which causes more media attention for farm worker movement. National indian youth council for farm worker movement.
