

From Protest to Politics
The New Black Voters in American Elections, Enlarged Edition
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ISBN 9780674325401
Publication date: 08/19/1998
The struggle for civil rights among black Americans has moved into the voting booth. How such a shift came about—and what it means—is revealed in this timely reflection on black presidential politics in recent years.
Since 1984, largely as a result of Jesse Jackson’s presidential bid, blacks have been galvanized politically. Drawing on a substantial national survey of black voters, Katherine Tate shows how this process manifested itself at the polls in 1984, 1988, and 1992. In an analysis of the black presidential vote by region, income, age, and gender, she is able to identify unique aspects of the black experience as they shape political behavior, and to answer longstanding questions about that behavior.
Unique in its focus on the black electorate, this study illuminates a little-understood and tremendously significant aspect of American politics. It will benefit those who wish to understand better the subtle interplay of race and politics, at the voting booth and beyond.
Praise
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[A] thought-provoking examination of black presidential politics during the 1980s.
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From her deep and broad understanding of the research literature, Tate makes an important contribution to our understanding of black electoral behavior.
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Represents the most substantively rich and empirically based analysis of African-American politics at the national level in the post–civil rights era.
Author
- Katherine Tate is Professor of Political Science at Brown University.
Book Details
- 238 pages
- 6 x 9 inches
- Harvard University Press
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