The South in Red and Purple: Southernized Republicans, Diverse Democrats

An article from Southern Cultures 18:3, Fall 2012: The Politics Issue

By J. Ferrel Guillory

  • E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-0732-0
    Published: September 2012
  • E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4607-5
    Published: September 2012

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“Politically, the South is not an assembly of states, acting in unison, in the grip of one party. The region is not one South, undivided.”

This article appears in the Fall 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook.

Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

About the Author

J. Ferrel Guillory directs the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is a lecturer at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He was formerly southern correspondent, government affairs editor, Washington correspondent, editorial page editor, and columnist at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. He also has written for The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, America, The New Republic, and a variety of Southern magazines, journals, and newspapers. He is a contributor to books on public policy, tobacco in transition, and the politics of race.
For more information about J. Ferrel Guillory, visit the Author Page.