American Governement & Politics Today
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CHAPTER 8 *All candidates are chosen by a party primary Election New Deal ? Refers to those groups who were most helped by Roosevelt?s programs to address the problems caused by the Great Depression. (1932) Reagan Democrats ? Democrats who were swayed or motivated by family values, anti-communism, and a need for a strong national defense, enough to vote Republican. Democratic party had strongly supported segregation until the 1950?s changed to advocate racial integration, and other civil rights policies that drove white, protestant conservatives away to the Republican Party. Richard Nixon in 1972, and Ronald Reagan in 1980 drew from these voters. 1980 election also saw the first gender gap; that is men tended to vote Republican, and women Democratic.
