Arkansas: More Signs of Momentum for Republicanism in Post-"Big Three" Arkansas
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https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.2003.24.0.111-126Abstract
An analysis of the 2001 Southern Grassroots Party Activists survey of Democratic and Republican party activists in Arkansas highlights the continued strengthening of the Arkansas GOP at the local level in the state, another sign of momentum for the traditional minority party in the state. Continuing trends seen in the first wave of the survey in 1991, Arkansas GOP activists are more united and more dedicated to their party than are their Democratic counterparts in their commitment of time, in their loyalty to their party’s candidates, and in their ideological cohesion. One potential barrier to continued Republican development in the state, however, is evidence that the extreme conservatism of rank-and-file GOP activists may impede the party’s growth in a state whose electorate has shown an unwavering sentiment for ideological moderation in recent decades.References
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