:In 1981, around fifty conservative southern Democrats in the House of Representatives, the so-called Boll Weevils, played a crucial role in the enactment of President Ronald Reagan’s economic agenda. The significance of this episode has thus far been underappreciated. This article illustrates the importance of the Boll Weevils’ support to the early success of Reagan’s presidency, as well its implications for both the South’s political landscape and for the national Republican Party.Though short-lived, this coalition would prove to be a significant rupture in the Democratic Party’s superiority in the South at the congressional level and highlighted the partisan fragmentation the region was undergoing. As this article will demonstrate, the events of 1981 returned southern conservatism to the center of power in Washington for the first time in over a decade and acted as a catalyst for a number of southern Democratic congressmen to move toward the GOP.

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里根的南方安慰：1981 年“里根革命”中的“铃象鼻虫”民主党人

: 1981 年，众议院中约有 50 名保守的南方民主党人，即所谓的铃象鼻虫，在罗纳德·里根总统的经济议程的制定中发挥了关键作用。迄今为止，这一事件的重要性一直被低估。本文说明了棉铃象鼻虫对里根总统早期成功的支持的重要性，以及它对南方政治格局和全国共和党的影响。虽然是短暂的，但这个联盟将被证明是一个重大的破裂民主党在国会层面的南方优势，并突出了该地区正在经历的党派分裂。正如本文将展示的，