There is reason to expect that states will differ in party strength so state level fixed effects were included. There have been longstanding political differences in the competitiveness between Deep South states and Peripheral South states. Also, a look at recent electoral results suggests that there may be a rift developing between southern states that are on the Atlantic and southern states that are not. For these reasons, I decided that theory suggested the inclusion of state level fixed effects. Here are the models I will run to test my
...ain the “laid-back” attitude and shy away from social change. The irony of the political divide is the North is now Democratic and the South is Republican.
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The southern states were all tied together, but they each had there own economic priorities and there own view and importance on slavery. First, the Lower South (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) there focus ands main crop production was cotton; therefore concluding that slavery in the Lower South was highly important to their productivity. Next, the Middle South (Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas) had many different agricultural needs and many jobs spread throughout the area reducing the need for slavery in this region. Lastly, The Upper or Border South (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri) slavery was beginning to decrease. The Lower South definitely favored slavery more than other regions, but they needed the slaves for all the cotton that there producing; the entire South had one thing in common and that was that they were against doing away with slavery. Therefore, the Old South was trying to increase slavery while the Union was trying to do away with, which led to the Confederate States of America in
The south and the north made numerous compromises to create a great nation. The first indirect compromise was when the constitution didn’t mention slavery in the constitution, they left that for the states to deal with. After years after when the congress decide to stop the slave trade in 1808, they gave the south time to adjust to this but they new that by the time the slave trade died line was over the slave would have reproduces and they would have more slaves. Third compromise gave the south more power. They had notice that they had less seats in the house of representative. States with the most slaves, for instance Virginia and Maryland, were get out number in the house of representative, so the compromised to have the slave counted as part of the population. They got three counts for every five slaves. This helped balance the house of representative.
Even before the Civil War was thought about, the North and South were on two very opposite poles when it came to politics. In the start of the 1800s, many Northerners joined the Whig Party, while Southerners leaned
...s history. The enemy wasn’t confined behind certain borders but was found in every state and territory. The election of Lincoln had been firmly split along political lines and not solely state lines, even though a higher percentage of southern states supported the democratic candidate.
There is much debate in the United States regarding whether there is polarization between our two dominant political parties. Presidential election results have shown that there is a division between the states, a battle between the Democratic blue states and the Republican red states. What is striking is that the “colors” of these states do not change. Red stays red, and blue stays blue. Chapter 11 of Fault Lines gives differing views of polarization.
There were several issues that contributed to the split between the northern and southern states. Among these were the deep social, economic and political differences. The split could be traced as far back as the early 1800’s, just as the industrial revolution was beginning. It’s effects on the north and the south caused the economic split. As the north was becoming more industrialized; the south began to rely heavily on slave labor. This was one of the main reasons, as the southern view on slavery differed greatly from the North. These views were based on drastically different interpretations of the constitution.
The way that the Economies, Societies, and Politics from the North and South contributed differences in the Civil War is that the North and South differences. The economics of the North had increased population due of values contrasted and future visions. ‘’The economic differences between the North and South contributed to the rise of regional populations with contrasting values and visions for the future’’ (North and South, N/d). The South’s economy was on slaves and large farms or plantations. The societies were and were not balanced. The South’s population consisted more of slaves than white people, but they considered them as properties as well as one-third of a person. The North’s society was calmer and had less plantations or farms.
...0s and 1840s Democrats and Whigs built the most completely national twoparty system that Americans have ever hadboth parties relied on support from all sections of the country, and both were evenly matched in most states. Within that system, politicians knew that arguments between the North and South must be avoided. Such arguments would, first of all, split the Whig and Democratic parties in which politicians were making their careers. Second, and more dangerous, the breakdown of the national twoparty system could realign the parties along NorthSouth lines and focus national politics on the differences between the North and South. Political leaders feared that such a breakdown could lead ultimately to disunion and perhaps civil war. Most historians agree that the national party system's eventual breakdown was a crucial cause of the American Civil War (1861-1865).
As the country began to grow and expand we continued to see disagreements between the North and South; the Missouri Territory applied for statehood the South wanted them admitted as a slave state and the North as a free state. Henry Clay eventually came up with the Missouri Compromise, making Missouri a slave state and making Maine it’s own state entering the union as a free state. After this compromise any state admitted to the union south of the 36° 30’ latitude would be a slave state and a state north of it would be free. The country was very much sectionalized during this time. Thomas Jefferson felt this was a threat to the Union. In 1821, he wrote, ”All, I fear, do not see the speck on our horizon which is to burst on us as a tornado, sooner or later. The line of division lately marked out between the different portions of our confederacy is such...
Both sides desired a republican form of government. Each wanted a political system that would “protect the equality and liberty of the individuals from aristocratic privilege and…tyrannical power.” (404) However, the north and south differed greatly in “their perceptions of what most threatened its survival.” (404) The secession by the south was an attempt to reestablish republicanism, as they no longer found a voice in the national stage. Prior to the 1850s, this conflict had been channeled through the national political system. The collapse of the two-party system gave way to “political reorganization and realignment,” wrote Holt. The voters of the Democrats shifted their influence toward state and local elections, where they felt their concerns would be addressed. This was not exclusively an economically determined factor. It displayed the exercise of agency by individual states. Holt pointed out, “[T]he emergence of a new two-party framework in the South varied from state to state according to the conditions in them.” (406) The “Deep South” was repulsed by the “old political process,” most Southerners trusted their state to be the safeguards of republicanism. (404) They saw the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, a member of the “the anti-Southern Republican party,” as something the old system could not
The idea of the United States being broken into two areas, the North and the South, did not just exist in Civil War. These two areas of the United States were different ever since the colonial days. However, this division grew more distinct in the 1800s due to the North and South’s different economies being affected unequally by rapid economic expansion. The North’s slave-free, industrial economy multiplied while the South’s slave dependent cash crop economy was barely affected by the growth. The new economic development during this time caused cultural and political differences to intensify, creating a rift within the country. Eventually, the North and South grew too far apart, and just like the splitting of an atom, the consequences of the
“The United States has been divided, North and South, from its beginning” (3, background essay). One of the standout moments that started division and conflict between the North and South was pointed out when James Hammond, in speaking to the US Senate in early 1858, brought the economic division in the country to light. Then later in 1858, during a speech for accepting a nomination for US Senator, Abraham Lincoln spoke about how slavery was splitting apart the nation. And as the final tipping point for the country, now President Lincoln and Senator John Calhoun concluded very different ideas on state secession from the constitution in 1861, solidifying the divide in the country. All of these factors added together proves that different belief systems between the North and the South, like economic division, slavery, and Southern secession, are the
In the United States electoral map, it has always been known that Democratic and Republican political parties stand by their foundational policies and operating principles. The central dogma of the two political parties has strictly been adhered to with the Democrats regarded as the conservative party while Republicans the liberal party (Kornhauser, 2013). However, an in-depth analysis of the political realignments suggests that a historical reversal role has taken effect as evidenced by the long transition of the parties’ founding principles. The role of the historical reversal system in creating the flips forms the basis of this paper.