Abstract
The concept of dual partisan identification in the South was explored by Philip E. Converse nearly two decades ago and dismissed when the region was still nearly monolithically Democratic in its politics. This research reexamines the existence of dual partisan identification in light of both the South's changed political context over the last several decades and the recent focus of partisan identification research on intransitivities and dimensionality. The analysis is based on two recent Louisiana state convention delegate surveys and the 1968 CSEP mass survey. Significant numbers of Democratic elite (convention delegates) and mass respondents hold split partisan identifications. The findings attest to the durability of partisan identification, provide an alternative explanation for the partisan identification index intransitivities/dimensionality, and call for the development of time series data to explore the phenomenon further.
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