Explaining Variation in Subnational Republican Party Success during Reconstruction

• In Event: Historical Approaches to Elections and Parties in the USA

Brief Overview

This paper seeks to explain why four southern states where biracial Republican parties, which backed the Reconstruction projects of multi-racial democracy and a diversified economy, varied in their electoral success and policy achievements.

Authors

• Rob Waite Mickey, University of Michigan

• Daniel Blinderman, University of Michigan