INDEX Page numbers in italic refer to figures and tables. Abbitt, Watkins, 110 abortion: Catholic Church and, 145–46; cultural divisions and, 182; Democratic Party and, 132–34, 133, 136–37, 138–39, 157–58, 161– 62; demographic factors in support for, 141– 44, 142; evangelical Christians and, 146–48; modernity and, 160–61; as murder, 159–60; overview of, 168–69; party diÅerences and, 131–33, 132, 133; regionalism and, 134–38, 136, 154–63, 155; Republican Party and, 132–34, 133, 136–38, 159–61, 162–63, 172; state support for right to, 135, 140–41, 141, 152, 156; vote analysis and, 185. See also Hyde Amendment ; “partial-birth” abortion ban Abzug, Bella, 66–67, 145 Adams, Greg, 161 AFDC. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) AFDC-UP, 92 African Americans. See blacks Agnew, John, 17 Agnew, Spiro, 140, 149 agrarian economy, 15 agriculture: mechanization of, 99, 108, 109, 129; trade policy and, 57–58, 61–62, 67–68, 76, 77; welfare policy and, 108 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC): expansion of, 100; in 1962, 88; South and West and, 123–24; welfare reform and, 82, 117. See also welfare policy Albert, Carl, 45, 59 Alston, Lee, 99, 109 Anderson, Benedict, 21 Anderson, John, 106–7 anticommunist rhetoric, 109–10 anti-federalists, 13–14, 177 Atwater, Lee, 43 balance of trade, 56–57, 58–59 Barriere, John, 59 Barrow, John, 79 Bauer, Gary, 124 Bensel, Richard, 15, 17 Betts, Jackson, 58 Bible Belt: description of, 25; geography of, 135; Republican Party and, 137. See also abortion blacks: enfranchisement of, 3; relocation of rural southern, 90–93, 108–9 block grants, 118, 123, 126 Boggs, Hale, 54 boundaries of regions, 23 Brown, Sherrod, 79 Burke, James, 65, 94 Bush, George W., 1–2, 77–79 business: FAP and, 106; welfare policy and, 121–22 Butler, Manley, 217n. 32 Byrnes, John, 97, 107 Caddell, Pat, 43 CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Act), 78, 79 Canady, Charles, 159 Carter, Jimmy, 116 case selection, 181–83 Cash, W. J., 19 Castle, Mike, 204n. 81 Catholic Church, 145–46, 162 Cato (anti-federalist), 13 Ceaser, James, 7 Central American Free Trade Act (CAFTA), 78 Children’s Defense Fund, 126 Christian Coalition, 124 Christian evangelicals: abortion and, 146–48, 162; geography of, 158–59; location of, 18; Republican Party and, 44; suburbanization and, 149; welfare reform and, 124 civil rights: abortion rights compared to, 131; Kennedy and, 96; regional diÅerences and, 3, 19; welfare policy and, 90, 109 Civil War, 3, 21–22, 164, 169–70 class divisions: abortion and, 143, 147–48; coalitions based on, 173; cultural divisions and, 190n. 15; Democratic Party and, 43– 44; pro-growth politicians and, 123; welfare policy and, 95; working-class identity, 38 Clinton, Bill: NAFTA and, 72–73; welfare reform and, 116, 117, 118 Cloward, Richard, 94 coalitions, cross-regional, 45, 169–73 Cobb, James, 169 Coelho, Tony, 72 Cold War, 46, 47 Cole, Kenneth R., Jr., 114–15 Collins, Cardiss, 128 Collins, Mac, 123 conflict between parties, growth of, 30–32, 31 consensus era, 8 “conservative coalition,” 9, 60–61 Constitution, 13, 14, 179 containment policy, anticommunist, 40–41, 66 Contract with America, 118, 124, 153 core regions, 15–16 Cotton Belt, 25. See also welfare policy cotton harvest, mechanization of, 99, 108, 109, 129 Coyne, William, 126 Craig, Larry, 154 cultural divisions: abortion and, 148, 149–51, 182; class divisions and, 190n. 15; Nixon administration and, 140; regional diÅerences and, 17–20; Republican Party and, 43–44 culture wars: debate about, 193n. 14; partisanship and, 6–7, 195n. 26. See also abortion Cunningham, Glenn, 58 defense industry, 40–41, 176 deindustrialization: partisanship and, 174; trade policy and, 64–66, 77; welfare policy and, 127, 129 DeLauro, Rosa, 74 DeLay, Tom, 70, 170–71 Democratic Party: abortion and, 132–34, 133, 136–37, 138–39, 157–58, 161–62; class divisions and, 43–44; economy and, 38–39, 59; fast-track trade authority and, 72–75; House seats held by, 35; New Deal, 8–9, 29, 172, 173; Nixon and, 30; North and, 166, 168; Pacific Coast and, 166, 168; pro-choice position and, 144–45; professional class and, 43–44; protectionism and, 72; race and, 41– 42; as sectional party, 14; South and, 164; trade policy and, 47–51, 49, 54–56, 61–63, 62, 65–67; in 2006 elections, 37; weakness of, 29–30; welfare policy and, 93, 94–96, 102– 6, 113, 115...