Reagan’s Southern Comfort: The “Boll Weevil” Democrats in the “Reagan Revolution” of 1981

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-238
Author(s):  
JONATHAN BARTHO
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Boll Weevil ◽  
The South ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Early Success ◽  
Reagan Revolution ◽  
Southern Conservatism ◽  
First Time

Abstract:In 1981, around fifty conservative southern Democrats in the House of Representatives, the so-called Boll Weevils, played a crucial role in the enactment of President Ronald Reagan’s economic agenda. The significance of this episode has thus far been underappreciated. This article illustrates the importance of the Boll Weevils’ support to the early success of Reagan’s presidency, as well its implications for both the South’s political landscape and for the national Republican Party.Though short-lived, this coalition would prove to be a significant rupture in the Democratic Party’s superiority in the South at the congressional level and highlighted the partisan fragmentation the region was undergoing. As this article will demonstrate, the events of 1981 returned southern conservatism to the center of power in Washington for the first time in over a decade and acted as a catalyst for a number of southern Democratic congressmen to move toward the GOP.

7. Dissension: September 1872–April 1877

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-119
Author(s):  
Allen C. Guelzo
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Black Population ◽  
American Identity ◽  
The South ◽  
African American Identity ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Way

Revulsion fed the Liberal Republican insurrection in 1872, and it paved the way for Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives in the 1874 elections, for the first time in twenty years. ‘Dissention, September 1872–April 1877’ explains how this increased Democratic power reduced the support for Republican enforcement against corruption and disorder in the South. The non-emergence of a single commanding leader who could bind together the disparate shards of African American identity into a single movement also hindered progress for the black population. The Reconstruction governments contributed mightily to their own demise by their incessant, self-weakening infighting.

scholarly journals Ritual Slaughter, Animal Welfare and the Freedom of Religion

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sipco Vellenga
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Dutch Society ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
First Time ◽  
Parliamentary Support

In 2011, the Dutch House of Representatives voted for the first time in its history for banning the practice of unstunned ritual slaughter in accordance to Jewish and Islamic rites. How should this remarkable vote be understood? In order to answer this question, a critical discourse analysis has been carried out. Three discourses are discerned in the debate: ‘unstunned ritual slaughter as an outdated practice,’ ‘ritual slaughter as a form of ritual torture’ and ‘unstunned ritual slaughter as a legitimate religious practice.’ The growing parliamentary support for the first two mentioned discourses is related to recent changes in the Dutch political landscape. In a wider context, it is related to a shift in the national self-conception of the Netherlands and, linked to that, to a change in the perceived position of traditional religious minorities within Dutch society in the aftermath of 9/11 and the ‘Fortuyn revolt.’

Incumbency, National Conditions, and the 2008 Presidential Election

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (04) ◽  
pp. 709-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Holbrook
Keyword(s):  
Republican Party ◽  
Vice President ◽  
The Political ◽  
Presidential Approval ◽  
2008 Presidential Election ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
John Mccain ◽  
Economic Satisfaction ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

At the time of this writing (early August, 2008), the political landscape would appear to bode well for Barack Obama and spell almost certain disaster for John McCain. With presidential approval hovering in the high-20 and low-30% range for more than a year, and levels of economic satisfaction bottoming out, it “should” be a terrible year for the Republican Party in general and the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, in particular, at least if the retrospective model holds. One factor that could mitigate the impact of negative retrospections, however, is that George W. Bush himself is not on the ballot to absorb the full impact of the national angst; in fact, for the first time since 1952, neither the president nor vice president is on the ballot.

Four Years of Congress

1917 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Miller Leake
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Congressional Elections ◽  
Lower Branch ◽  
Popular Vote ◽  
White House ◽  
Electoral Vote ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
And Control ◽  
First Time

When the sixty-third congress was called in extraordinary session on April 7, 1913, it was the first time since 1895 that both branches of congress and the executive had been under Democratic control. For nearly two decades the policies of the nation had been shaped and directed by the Republicans. Now after many years the minority had become the majority, and a Democratic President sat in the White House. In the congressional elections of 1910, dissatisfaction with the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the growing friction between the conservative and progressive wings of the Republican party had given the Democrats a net gain of 56 seats in the house of representatives, and control of that body by a majority of 66 votes. The senate during the sixty-second congress, however, still remained Republican by a majority of 10 votes. In 1912 the three-cornered presidential contest had resulted in the election of Wilson by an unprecedented electoral vote, although he did not have a majority of the popular vote cast. The schism in the ranks of the Republican party and the drift that had set in toward the Democratic ticket had increased the Democratic representation in the lower branch of congress to 290, while the Republican representation had fallen to 145, including 18 Progressives who did not go into the Republican caucus and who could not always be counted on to vote with the minority. In the senate the Democrats had gained enough seats to give them a majority of 6, a net gain of 16 seats over their membership in the sixty-second congress.

scholarly journals Majority Black Districts, Republican Ascendancy, and Party Competition in the South, 1988-2000

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 123-139
Author(s):  
Seth C. McKee
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Congressional Elections ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Deep South ◽  
The South ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Impact

This article analyzes the impact of race-based redistricting and the Republican trend on party competition in races for the U.S. House of Representatives in the South from 1988 to 2000. The region is divided into sub-regions (Deep and Peripheral) in order to show that the combination of reapportionment and newly created majority black districts disproportionately crowds out white Democratic representatives in the Deep South. It is argued that race-based redistricting serves as an accelerating mechanism that hastens the secular realignment of whites into the Republican Party. Aggregate and individual level data are presented to illustrate the effect of the Republican trend and majority black districts on party competition and voting behavior in congressional elections.

Hating the Zeal to Spread Slavery, 1854

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. Moore ◽  
Jane Ann Moore
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Abraham Lincoln ◽  
First Time ◽  
Common Vision

This chapter examines how Abraham Lincoln and Owen Lovejoy were brought together by a common vision to end slavery. Lincoln, a Springfield lawyer, and Lovejoy, a Princeton pastor, met for the first time at the Springfield State Fair in Illinois on October 4, 1854. At that time, both Lincoln and Lovejoy were angered by the Kansas–Nebraska Act championed by Illinois Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln wanted the Whigs and Lovejoy wanted the Republican Party to lead the “fusion” movement uniting all those opposed to Douglas's law and advocating the restoration of the Missouri Compromise. In a speech, Lincoln declared, “This...real zeal for the spread of slavery, I cannot but hate.” Lovejoy, one of those in attendance, identified with Lincoln's emotion and conviction, as his brother, Elijah, was murdered by a pro-slavery mob. This chapter first discusses the beginning of the Republican Party in Illinois before turning to his and Lincoln's election to the Illinois House of Representatives on November 7, 1854.

Sphagnum mosses (Sphagnaceae, Bryophyta) of South Ossetia (Caucasus)

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 232-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ya. Doroshina ◽  
E. Yu. Kuzmina ◽  
I. A. Nikolajev
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
Sphagnum Mosses ◽  
Botanical Institute ◽  
Ecological Conditions ◽  
Komarov Botanical Institute ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

Information on the Sphagnum mosses of the South Ossetia is generalized, the resulted list is presented. Nine species of Sphagnum are included in the list, whereabouts data and references to the publications are given, and the presence of a sample in the Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (LE) is noted. The species Sphagnum platyphyllum (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Warnst. rarely occurring in the Caucasus is reported in the South Ossetia for the first time. The species was found in the Caucasus, South Ossetia, at the side of the Ertso Lake (42°28ʹN, 43°45ʹE), 1720 m a. s. l., among sedge thickets at the margin of the overgrowing lake. The peculiarities of its occurrence and ecological conditions are considered. Its distribution in the Caucasus and in the world is discussed.

The first data on the lichen flora of Dagestan beech forests

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Ismailov ◽  
G. P. Urbanavichus
Keyword(s):  
Lichen Species ◽  
The South ◽  
Beech Forests ◽  
Saprotrophic Fungi ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Caucasus Mountains ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lichen Flora

49 lichen species and 2 species of non-lichenized saprotrophic fungi are recorded for the first time in beech forests of the south-eastern part of piedmont Dagestan. Among them, 34 species and 9 genera are new to Dagestan Republic, and 2 species, Diplotomma pharcidium (Ach.) M. Choisy and Rinodina albana (A. Massal.) A. Massal., are new to Caucasus Mountains.

First record of Agramma atricapillum (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Asian part of Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-76
Author(s):  
V.B. Golub ◽  
E.V. Sergeeva
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
The South ◽  
First Time

The lacebug species Agramma atricapillum (Spinola, 1837) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) is recorded in the Asian part of Russia, namely in the south of the Tyumen’ Province, for the first time.

scholarly journals Curcumin activates Nrf2 through PKCδ-mediated p62 phosphorylation at Ser351

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jee-Yun Park ◽  
Hee-Young Sohn ◽  
Young Ho Koh ◽  
Chulman Jo
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Curcuma Longa ◽  
Expression Plasmid ◽  
Expression Of Genes ◽  
Nrf2 Activation ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nrf2 Protein ◽  
Endogenous Defense ◽  
In Cells

AbstractCurcumin, a phytochemical extracted from Curcuma longa rhizomes, is known to be protective in neurons via activation of Nrf2, a master regulator of endogenous defense against oxidative stress in cells. However, the exact mechanism by which curcumin activates Nrf2 remains controversial. Here, we observed that curcumin induced the expression of genes downstream of Nrf2 such as HO-1, NQO1, and GST-mu1 in neuronal cells, and increased the level of Nrf2 protein. Notably, the level of p62 phosphorylation at S351 (S349 in human) was significantly increased in cells treated with curcumin. Additionally, curcumin-induced Nrf2 activation was abrogated in p62 knockout (−/−) MEFs, indicating that p62 phosphorylation at S351 played a crucial role in curcumin-induced Nrf2 activation. Among the kinases involved in p62 phosphorylation at S351, PKCδ was activated in curcumin-treated cells. The phosphorylation of p62 at S351 was enhanced by transfection of PKCδ expression plasmid; in contrast, it was inhibited in cells treated with PKCδ-specific siRNA. Together, these results suggest that PKCδ is mainly involved in curcumin-induced p62 phosphorylation and Nrf2 activation. Accordingly, we demonstrate for the first time that curcumin activates Nrf2 through PKCδ-mediated p62 phosphorylation at S351.

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