Over the Past several decades, the voting patterns of the average American has changed quite a bit. Since 1940 the amount of southern Americans voting for republican congressional candidates has continuously gone down.
It has been a continuing trend, that southern voters elect democratic candidates to Congress more frequently then for the presidency. This is due to the advantage of incumbency, as voters are more likely to reelect a proven Congressman then to take a chance on an unproven president. Also the differences between state and national parties play an important role. The individual state parties are less likely to support a democratic president then their national party counterparts.
As the composition of our political parties change, so does the composition of groups effected by the political shifts. Women have become more reliable democratic voters, while the nation's catholic population has become less reliable democratic voters. Lastly there trend of change is supported by the shift of social conservatives from democratic to consistent republicans.
rubric link: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap10_us_govt_politics_scoring_guidelines.pdf
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