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The Dynamic Dominion - Realignment and the Rise of Two-Party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980 (Hardcover, Revised)
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The Dynamic Dominion - Realignment and the Rise of Two-Party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980 (Hardcover, Revised)
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The Dynamic Dominion tells the dramatic story of Virginia's
political transformation from the Second World War to the Reagan
Revolution. The cradle of American democracy - and thus of the
democratic movement that is sweeping the globe today - the
venerable Old Dominion has emerged again in the second half of the
20th century as a dynamic political pace setter for the nation. In
1945, Virginia was a one-party, one-faction state under the
aristocratic rule of conservative Democratic Senator Harry F. Byrd
and his famed 'Byrd organization.' From his perch as the
uncontested leader of the state that led the south, Virginia's Byrd
became a regional symbol, a congressional kingpin, and a national
power. With its political system and culture static, Virginia's
voice was heard nationally mostly in dissent, as it had been for a
century. Within a few decades, emerging two-party competition and
an unprecedented party realignment combined to place the rapidly
changing commonwealth in the national vanguard. Well before
Republican parties throughout the South became competitive,
Virginia's Republicans in the 1970s compiled the most impressive
winning streak of any state party in the country. They did it by
constructing a coalition of rural conservative Democrats and
suburban Republicans - the same coalition that Ronald Reagan
assembled nationwide in 1980, ushering in the Reagan Revolution. As
told in The Dynamic Dominion, the Virginia story contains all the
excitement, drama, conflict, and intrigue of a fast-paced thriller.
It is a story of triumph and tragedy, celebrities and statesmen,
heroes and scoundrels - of shifting party loyalties and makeshift
coalitions, hard-fought campaigns and razor-close elections - of
ambition and cynicism alongside sacrifice and idealism. Best of
all, the tale is true. It is the fascinating story of contemporary
democracy flourishing in Virginia . . . the place where it was
born.
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