The Long Red Thread : How Democratic Dominance Gave Way to Republican Advantage in US House Elections.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (174 pages)
Intro -- Praise for the Long Red Thread -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: From Dark Blue to Light Red -- Data, Definitions, and Methodology -- One: The Partisan Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution in the United States House of Representatives, 1964-74 -- Two: The Roots of the Republican Revolution, 1976-94 -- Three: The House from 1996 to 2020: A Persistent but not Unassailable Republican Edge -- Conclusion: A Half Century of Change in the House -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Election analyst Kyle Kondik examines House elections since the 1964 Supreme Court "one person, one vote" rulings to explain the Republicans' consistent advantage from their 1994 takeover to the present.
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United States-Politics and government-1945-1989. Apportionment (Election law)-United States-History.