How might this change in the voting patterns of African Americans impact the Democratic Partys political power?
Answers should include a discussion of the control Democrats exerted over the presidency between 1932 and 1968 and the Congress until 1994, as well as the strange bedfellows that Southern Democrats and African Americans made within the same party. • Assess students’ understanding of the realignment of African American voters by having them revisit their prediction made in Part II of Resource Sheet #1 and assessing its accuracy in Part IV of Resource Sheet #1.
