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ObjectiveMinority candidates for office must overcome numerous hurdles in order to win elective office, with one such hurdle being the racial resentment of voters. This article tests the impact racial resentment has on white support for a minority candidate in relation to a similar white candidate.MethodThis article employs a natural experiment provided by the 2014 South Carolina Senate elections. Examining these elections, this article examines what impact a voter's racial resentment has on his or her support for the two candidates.ResultsThe results show that voters who score highly on the racial resentment scale are just as likely to support a minority Republican as they are to support a white Republican.ConclusionThese findings indicate that racial resentment scores may not adequately measure a person's true feelings on race, particularly when the minority candidate is a Republican.

This study analyzes patterns of resegregation in 345 public school systems in five southern states. We find that the phenomenon known as "second-generation discrimination" is more complex and multidimensional than has been assumed. We conclude that while racial disparities exist in many aspects of public education in the South, generalizations about the resegregative impact of second-generation discrimination are exaggerated.

THIS STUDY ANALYZES PATTERNS OF RESEGREGATION IN 345 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN FIVE SOUTHERN STATES. THE AUTHORS FIND THAT THE PHENOMENON KNOWN AS "SECOND-GENERATION DISCRIMINATION" IS MORE COMPLEX AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL THAN HAS BEEN ASSUMED. THEY CONCLUDE THAT WHILE RACIAL DISPARITIES EXIST IN MANY ASPECTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH, GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE RESEGREGATIVE IMPACT OF SECOND-GENERATION DISCRIMINATION ARE EXAGGERATED.

As public schools become desegregated, do local districts increase or decrease their financial outlays for public education? Using previously unavailable data from a 1980 census-mapping project, analysis of 345 school districts in 5 southern states indicates a pattern of general stability in public finance during the 1970s. Contrary to much conventional wisdom, changes in school district finance are found to be largely independent of trends in school desegregation. 2 Tables, 20 References. HA

Fiscal aspects of school desegregation of the 1970s.

The political landscape of the South traditionally has been dominated by the monolith of the Democratic Party. In the last decades of the 20th century, the political climate was reversed, with many southern states voting Republican, especially in national elections. This political shift is examined in the context of economic, social, & cultural shifts in the South, beginning in 1950, the end of V. O. Key's seminal work, & ending in 2000. This political shift is quantified with an adaptation of the Ranney Index of Party Competition. 9 Tables, 22 References. Adapted from the source document.