y of blacks were registered to vote, as in the 1996 elections when Clinton carried several states that had a sizeable percentage of Blacks registered to vote and where a large percentage of the total voters were registered as Democrats. (http://www.src.w1.com/vrrsum1996_motor_cht1_nf.htm). The once strong hold of the Republicans in the South during national elections seems to be slowly fading. If these last 30 years are indiciative of what is to come, the next 30 years should show increased diversity in the states of the south, and their electoral voting.Voter turn out in the South has been comparatively low in regards to the rest of the nation. This has been a trend that has occurred over the last 100 years as well as the last 30 years. The percentage of the registered voters in the south that voted in the elections in 1966 and 1970 was roughly 10-15% less than in other portions of the country (mulcahy p. 59). The voters of the south also believed that their fathers were the most interested in politics, and that their mothers were not interested in them. Black political interest was considerably lower than it was in the rest of the country as well for both males and females (Black p. 41-42). In the last 30 years as well as in recent elections the voter turn out in the south has gone up in comparison to the rest of the U.S.(Wayne p. 71). But at the same time the voter turn out for blacks has gone down in recent years. (Wayne p.74) This turnout has worried many and may create the same problem that had been taking place in thesouth during the early 20th century, of under representation of a specific group of people. This would not be due to oppression or laws that forbid voting, but from the "whats the use attitude" of why vote. (Wayne p. 74)Voters in the South have been very constrained in their views and beliefs for over a hundred and twenty years. Since the urbanization and expansion of the cities of the South, there has been increased...
