Table of Contents

1. Elections 1. Epistemology and the Native-Son Candidate 2. Theory 3. Methodology 2. The Political Context of a Native-Son Candidate 4. The Arkansas Electorate 5. The African American Electorate 3. The Making of a Native-Son Candidate 6. The Congressional Vote for Clinton 7. The Attorney General Vote for Clinton 8. The Gubernatorial Vote for Clinton 4. The Southern Native-Son Presidential Candidate 9. The Presidential Vote for Clinton 10. The Regional Vote: Clinton and Carter 5. The Native-Son Candidate and the Democratic Party 11. The Democratic Party in Presidential Elections: The Native-Son Theory Revisited 12. Epilogue: Scandal, Public Support, and the Native-Son Variable

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The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life. The book also critically assesses the Clinton administration's record on race and the Democratic party response to affirmative action, welfare, and other aspects of the African-American political agenda.

About the Author

HANES WALTON, JR. is professor of political science at the University of Michigan.

Reviews

A timely and much needed empirical investigation of African American politics. Hanes Walton, Jr. exposes us to studies of African American political life during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton presidencies that focus not just on presidential politics but also on congressional races, the Clarence Thomas nomination, and black mobilization in the foreign policy domain. The book trenchantly demonstrates how race structures determine and even constrain the political choices of black and white political elites and voters. For anyone seeking to understand how the political theater of race is played out, this is a must read.