Journal article
Support for an Independent South among Contemporary White Southerners
The American Review of Politics, Vol.24, pp.307-320
10/01/2003
DOI: 10.15763/issn.2374-7781.2003.24.0.307-320
Abstract
In this brief paper, we explore the extent to which contemporary white Southerners favor an independent South. Using recent data from the U of North Carolina's Southern Focus Poll we show that 10% of white Southerners think that the South would be better off as an independent nation. Given that there are 70 million whites in the South today, this means that the region is home to about seven million people who support, at least to some degree, Southern independence. Compared to other Southern whites, these separatists tend to be less educated, less well off financially, younger, & more rural. They also tend to be more conservative racially & morally, more sympathetic toward the Confederacy, & more likely to feel that Northerners have contempt for Southerners. We speculate on the potential influence of these Southern nationalists. 3 Tables, 36 References. Adapted from the source document.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Support for an Independent South among Contemporary White Southerners
- Creators
- William P McLeanTom W Rice
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American Review of Politics, Vol.24, pp.307-320
- DOI
- 10.15763/issn.2374-7781.2003.24.0.307-320
- ISSN
- 1051-5054
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2003
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983988986102771
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