Transcript Rule of the Rustics

Rule of the Rustics
22 January 2015
Ryan D. Williamson
Agenda
• Attendance
• Quiz 1
• Discussion on Georgia politics
• Readings for next week
Questions?
Objective
• Discuss the nature of Georgia politics since the
end of Reconstruction.
Introduction
• What was Georgia like from around the end of
Reconstruction to about a decade ago?
• Then what happened in 2003?
• What about today?
Historic Past
• What did Georgia look like immediately after the
Civil War?
• What provided the first threat to Democratic
hegemony?
National Politics
• What did Georgia look like from the 1890s until
the 1960s?
• How did presidential candidates fair in Georgia
during this time?
• What do Bullock and Gaddie cite as a major
problem resulting from this?
Bifactional Politics
• Who did politics revolve around in Georgia?
• What kind of electoral system did Georgia
employ?
• What kind of problems did this create?
The End of Bifactional Politics
• What happened in the “three governors”
controversy?
Questions?
For next time…
• Read chapter 3 of Kollman