The New Dominion analyzes six key statewide elections to explore the demographic, cultural, and economic changes that drove the transformation of the state’s politics and shaped the political Virginia of today. Countering the common narrative that the shifting politics of Virginia is a recent phenomenon driven by population growth in the urban corridor, the contributors to this volume consider the antecedents to the rise of Virginia as a two-party competitive state in the critical elections of the twentieth century that they profile.
Table of Content
Introduction
1. Prelude to Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Byrd Organization 1925 – 1949
2. The Emerging of the Modern Democratic Party: Bill Spong and the Election of 1966
3. Virginia’s ‘Armageddon’ and its Legacy of Partisan Competition: The 1973 Election for Governor
4. Chuck Robb’s 1981 Gubernatorial Campaign and the Democratic Realignment
5. Breakthrough: The Rise and 1989 Gubernatorial Election of L. Douglas Wilder
6. The Rise of a Competitive Republican Party – George Allen and the Election of 1993
Conclusion: The New Dominion in the 21st Century
About the author
John G. Milliken is Senior Fellow in Residence at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Mark J. Rozell is Dean and the Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Faculty Chair in Public Policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and co-author of The South and the Transformation of US Politics.
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