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A 7 page research paper that examines the political environment of these states. Over the last half century, politics in the South, that is the southeastern states that joined the Confederacy during the American Civil War, have changed markedly. Where once the South could be counted on to be solidly Democratic in its political orientation -- a holdover reaction from the Civil War and Reconstruction period -- today, the South is solidly Republican. The following examination of political change in two Southern states, Georgia and Mississippi, chronicles trends in state politics. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the South could be counted on to be solidly Democratic in its political orientation -- a holdover reaction from the Civil War and Reconstruction period -- today, the South is
solidly Republican. The following examination of political change in two Southern states, Georgia and Mississippi, chronicles trends in state politics in two eras, 1945 to 1975 and 1985 to the
present. Georgia, 1945-1975 Bass and DeVries (1976) indicate that Georgia politics can best be understood in terms of the "Talmadge legacy" (p. 136). In 1945, when Eugene Talmadge,
the leading light in Georgia politics for a generation, became fatally ill, his son Herman Talmadge quickly emerged on the Georgia political scene (Bass and DeVries, 1976). As his father
before him, Herman Talmadges political rhetoric was built on overt racism and appeals to poor, rural white voters. However, unlike his father, Herman was a modernizing influence as governor.
Leaders coming after Talmadge began a process that moved away from rural traditionalism and the reality of the ramifications of the Civil Rights movement. As in other Southern states,
Democrats still had a monopoly on political power, however, in 1966, Republicans mounted their first significant challenge to the status quo by nominating Howard Callaway for Congress. He subsequently
became the first Republican congressman representing Georgia since the Reconstruction (Bass and DeVries, 1976). Bass and DeVries chronicle the evolution of Georgia state politics as characterized by Lester
Maddox, an avowed racist and segregationist, on one hand, and Jimmy Carter, a progressive governor who worked for black inclusion in the political process, on the other. According to these
authors, the "revolt against the national Democratic Party developed more slowly in Georgia" than in other parts of the South (p. 155). Nevertheless, Bass and DeVries record the inroads
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