Remaking the Democratic Party

Hanes Walton Jr. was Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.Pearl K. Ford Dowe is Associate Professor of Political Science and Department Chair at the University of Arkansas.Josephine A. V. Allen is Professor of Social Work at Binghamton University and Professor Emerita of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University.

Walton argues persuasively that no modern president did more to remake his own political party than Lyndon Johnson. Timely too are his conclusions that LBJ’s Democratic Party and the opposition Republican Party were reshaped into the movements we recognize today, and that central to this seismic shift was the issue of race. This work offers an important contribution to the field of presidential studies. The research is impressive and original."" - Michael L. Collins, Regents Professor and Professor Emeritus, Midwestern State University""An invaluable resource for students of Texas electoral history and the electoral career of Lyndon Johnson. For years to come this will be the work to go to on these subjects."" - Robert C. Smith, San Francisco State University