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Recidivism is costly for both individuals and society as a whole. While there are multiple causes for recidivism, one area that has not been adequately explored is felon disenfranchisement. To expand the scope of this study, recidivism will be measured by using rearrest, reconvi…

In the decade before the American Civil War, North Carolina voters embarked on a path to remake state politics and government in a manner beneficial to the non-plantation owning class of white men. Politically educated and mobilized through newspapers and populist political cand…

In this thesis, I argue how money influences election outcomes in the Texas Legislature from 2010 to 2018. I explore the political history of Texas, where scholars have long alluded to the role of wealthy elites in the political process. Using an investment theory approach, wher…

The traditional historiographical narrative locates the revival of grassroots conservatism in the postwar decades, the subsequent reemergence of conservatives in mainstream American politics by the mid 1970s and the completion of this ascent with the election of Ronald Reagan as…