LECTURE 24: G.O.P. POLITICS: FROM IKE TO NEWT
Lecture Outline
1. The suburban vote.
2. Liberal Republicanism.
3. The attack on Liberal Republicanism.
4. Toward the Reagan Revolution.
Important Information, Terms, and Names from this Lecture
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
Arthur Larson, A Republican Looks at His Party(1956)
"revenue sharing"
"block grants"
"new federalism"
Government workers (non-military):
| Year | Federal | State | Local |
| 1950 | 2 Million | 1 Million | 3 Million |
| 1970 | 3 Million | 3 Million | 7 Million |
Government spending increases (non-defense), 1953-63:
| Federal | State
|
| 25 percent | 130 percent |
"state's rights"
G.O.P. Old Guard
Eastern Establishment
Sen. Robert A. Taft - Taft-Hartly Act (1947)
John Birch Society (1958)
Richard Nixon
Sen. Barry Goldwater, The Conscience of a Conservative (1960)
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
Gov. Ronald Reagan
Federal deficit spending:
| 1980 | 1986 |
| $74 billion | $220 billion |
Rep. Newt Gingrich
Christian Coalition (1989)
Gen. Colin Powell
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