- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- "The 1966 Elections: A Political Patchwork" by Lucy S. Dawidowicz, April 1967
- Creator:
- Dawidowicz, Lucy S.
- Date of Original:
- 1967-04
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729 - Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Report written by Lucy S. Dawidowicz regarding the implications of the 1966 midterm elections. The 1966 midterm elections were a mixed bag for both parties. The Republicans made significant gains, but the Democrats still retained control of both houses of Congress. The results of the election were interpreted in many different ways, with some seeing it as a victory for the right, others as a repudiation of President Johnson's Vietnam policy, and still others as a sign of dissatisfaction with the liberal consensus. Overall, Dawidowicz suggests in her analysis that the 1966 midterm elections resulted in a more conservative composition of Congress, which liberals feared would slow down the legislative pace. However, the deceleration of Congress's legislative pace had already begun before the election, as the nation's mood favored a halt in passing new laws. The backlash haunted the election, but it was largely mitigated by the two-party system, which forced both parties to integrate many clusters of voter interests and issues.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:2050
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 28 pages
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
