Posts tagged with 'natalie_davis'

Ground Hounds in Alabama: Race, Youth, and Political Arithmatic

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, FEBRUARY 05 2008 10:27 AM | PERMALINK

Alabama is one of the states going to the polls today to make its primary voice heard, and the UpTake's Chuck Olsen is on his "Southern Fried Tour" and ground hounding the Deep South. He spoke with Birmingham-Southern College Political Science Professor Natalie Davis, who explains the big role race plays in Alabama politics, the support Obama and Clinton have among young voters, and the problems of media-based politics down in Dixie.
Wednesday Interview: Natalie Davis Discusses Bright Blue Dots in Really Red States

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, OCTOBER 24 2007 03:49 PM | PERMALINK

In light of last weekend's Values Voters Summit, we think it's a good idea to dig a little further into what is going on in the breeding ground of the average Christian Conservative - typically a white, southern, Republican voter. So we went straight to the source - Prof. Natalie Davis, professor of political science at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. Prof. Davis is well-versed in Southern politics and is a public opinion expert, and she can explain to us exactly what's...