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Public Opinion in Alabama - Looking Beyond the Stereotypes (Hardcover, New)
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Public Opinion in Alabama - Looking Beyond the Stereotypes (Hardcover, New)
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The attitudes of individual citizens play a central role in a
democracy. In the United States today, the two major parties are
each associated with a broad set of policy positions representing
the conservative and liberal political ideologies. The two major
parties are becoming increasingly polarized on these ideologies
between conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats. This book
provides an in-depth examination of public opinion in a single
American state, Alabama, to see whether the public opinion of
general citizens follows this stereotype of ideological and
partisan polarization. Alabama public opinion is analyzed on a
fairly wide range of issues, including the quality of public
officials, constitutional reform, the role of government in terms
of taxes and overall spending, education, health care, religion in
public life, crime, and immigration. Alabama is generally perceived
as staunchly conservative politically and as a reliably 'red'
Republican state in national elections. Yet, public opinion in
Alabama is considerably more nuanced and complex than this
stereotype in two distinct aspects. First, Alabamians are certainly
conservative on many issues, but they are also liberal on a
significant number of others. Second, the issue positions of the
state's citizens are shaped by three different dynamics in terms of
what factors influence specific attitudes. Furthermore a brief
analysis of public opinion in the entire United States finds
similar patterns. Thus, the current polarization in party politics
does not necessarily reflect public opinion in its entirety,
suggesting a need to transcend the competing conservative and
liberal orthodoxies.
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