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American Politics

Claremont Colleges

CMC Senior Theses

2010

Partisan shift

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War, Race, And Gender In American Presidential Elections In 1964 And 1972, Baxter Norcross Jan 2010

War, Race, And Gender In American Presidential Elections In 1964 And 1972, Baxter Norcross

CMC Senior Theses

This paper examines the partisan shift that took place in American Presidential elections during the Vietnam War. Specifically, I examine the landslide elections of 1964 and 1972 and how race, gender, and American casualties played a part in the shift.