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|name=James Lewis "Jim" Ranchino<br>
|name=James Lewis "Jim" Ranchino<br>
(Arkansas political scientist and<br>consultant;<br>Ouachita Baptist University Professor)
(Arkansas political scientist,consultant;<br>Ouachita Baptist University p
| birth_date=April 20, 1936
| birth_date=April 20, 1936
| birth_place=Herrin, Williamson County, [[Illinois]]
| birth_place=Herrin, Williamson County, [[Illinois]]
… Whichever way the moderate vote leans in any specific election does make the essential difference between victory or defeat for the candidates. ... There is "no emerging Republican majority" (a term coined in 1969 by Kevin Phillips) in Arkansas built on a coalition of blue-collar, middle-class Democrats and upper-class traditional Republicans. The success that Republicans have had in Arkansas has come from a moderate liberal coalition based on blacks and [[Progressivism|progressive]] Democrats. That combination was shattered in 1970. ...<ref>Ranchino, ''From Faubus to Bumpers'', pp. 91-92.</ref></blockquote>
… Whichever way the moderate vote leans in any specific election does make the essential difference between victory or defeat for the candidates. ... There is "no emerging Republican majority" (a term coined in 1969 by Kevin Phillips) in Arkansas built on a coalition of blue-collar, middle-class Democrats and upper-class traditional Republicans. The success that Republicans have had in Arkansas has come from a moderate liberal coalition based on blacks and [[Progressivism|progressive]] Democrats. That combination was shattered in 1970. ...<ref>Ranchino, ''From Faubus to Bumpers'', pp. 91-92.</ref></blockquote>
In 1976, Ranchino attributed the Democratic presidential nomination of former Governor [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]] to Carter's young pollster, [[Pat Caddell]], who advised the candidate to accent the "trust factor," rather than highlighting various temporary campaign issues. Ranchino called his fellow pollster Caddell "the best in the country."<ref>''The Blytheville, Arkansas, Courier News,'' June 11, 1976, p. 3.</ref>
In 1976, Ranchino attributed the Democratic presidential nomination of former Governor [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]] to Carter's young pollster, [[Pat Caddell]], who advised the candidate to accent the "trust factor," rather than highlighting various temporary campaign issues. Ranchino called his fellow pollster Caddell "the best in the country."<ref>''The Blytheville Courier News,'' June 11, 1976, p. 3.</ref>
In September 1977, the cover of the ''Arkansas Times'' news magazine carried an article by Ranchino, "The Arkansas of the '70s: The Good Ole Boy Ain't Whut He Used to Be," which reflects on the increasing use of [[marijuana]], pre-marital sexual relations, and unfaithfulness to marriage vows "becoming more the rule than the exception".<ref>Jim Ranchino, "The Arkansas of the '70s: The Good Ole Boy Ain't Whut He Used to Be." ''Arkansas Times,'' September 1977, p. 40.</ref> The article was published at the height of [[Anita Bryant]]'s "Save the Children" campaign against [[homosexual]] rights in [[Miami]], [[Florida]]. Ranchino wrote that many in Arkansas had by the late 1970s already been viewing the decline of family values with growing anxiety.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/22315057/A-Crime-Unfit-to-Be-Named|author=W. Brock Thompson|title="Crime Unfit to be Named: Arkansas and Sodomy|publisher=''Arkansas Historical Quarterly'' (Autumn 2002), p. 263-264|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
In September 1977, the cover of the ''Arkansas Times'' news magazine carried an article by Ranchino, "The Arkansas of the '70s: The Good Ole Boy Ain't Whut He Used to Be," which reflects on the increasing use of [[marijuana]], pre-marital sexual relations, and unfaithfulness to marriage vows "becoming more the rule than the exception".<ref>Jim Ranchino, "The Arkansas of the '70s: The Good Ole Boy Ain't Whut He Used to Be." ''Arkansas Times,'' September 1977, p. 40.</ref> The article was published at the height of [[Anita Bryant]]'s "Save the Children" campaign against [[homosexual]] rights in [[Miami]], [[Florida]]. Ranchino wrote that many in Arkansas had by the late 1970s already been viewing the decline of family values with growing anxiety.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/22315057/A-Crime-Unfit-to-Be-Named|author=W. Brock Thompson|title="Crime Unfit to be Named: Arkansas and Sodomy|publisher=''Arkansas Historical Quarterly'' (Autumn 2002), p. 263-264|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
==Death and aftermath==
==Death and aftermath==
Ranchino had no inclination of his sudden death. He had done election commentary for KATV since 1972. He leased a private plane to take him out of state as soon as his assignment for KATV had been completed. Ranchino had worked as a pollster on a campaign and wanted to be there for the final counting of the votes.<ref name=rnelson/> Claudia Riley, widow of Lieutenant Governor Bob Riley, whose home in Arkadelphia had been a meeting place for many of the state's rising Democratic politicians, called Ranchino prior to his death "a bright star on the horizon."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/arkansas/interviews/riley.html|title=''Frontline''|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service]]|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
Ranchino had no inclination of his sudden death. He had done election commentary for KATV since 1972. He leased a private plane to take him out of state as soon as his assignment for KATV had been completed. Ranchino had worked as a pollster on a campaign and wanted to be there for the final counting of the votes.<ref name=rnelson/> Claudia Riley, widow of the late Lieutenant Governor Bob Riley, whose home in Arkadelphia had been a meeting place for many of the state's rising Democratic politicians, called Ranchino prior to his death "a bright star on the horizon."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/arkansas/interviews/riley.html|title=''Frontline''|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service]]|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
Ranchino's funeral services were held at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Arkadelphia.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXifeHLTyxkC&pg=PA293 |title=Marvin Schwartz, In Service to America: A History of VISTA in Arkansas, 1965-1985 |chapter=Jim Ranchino: In Remembrance |page=259|publisher=University of Arkansas Press |date=1988 |ISBN=1-55728-005-3}}</ref> He is interred at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Arkadelphia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6372696|title=Jim Ranchino|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
Ranchino's funeral services were held at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Arkadelphia.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXifeHLTyxkC&pg=PA293 |title=Marvin Schwartz, In Service to America: A History of VISTA in Arkansas, 1965-1985 |chapter=Jim Ranchino: In Remembrance |page=259|publisher=University of Arkansas Press |date=1988 |ISBN=1-55728-005-3}}</ref> He is interred at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Arkadelphia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6372696|title=Jim Ranchino|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
Veda Ranchino Morgan still operates Ranchino Research, Inc. She was a donor to [[Hillary Clinton]] in the latter's 2008 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination against [[Barack H. Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-ARKADELPHIA-AR.html|title=ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
Veda Ranchino Morgan still operates Ranchino Research, Inc. She was a donor to [[Hillary Clinton]] in the latter's 2008 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination against [[Barack H. Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-ARKADELPHIA-AR.html|title=ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
Ouachita Baptist University has among scores of scholarships one named in Ranchino's honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obu.edu/academics/files/2011/03/Student-Financial-Aid.pdf|title=Student Financial Aid|publisher=obu.edu|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
Ouachita Baptist University has among scores of scholarships one named in Ranchino's honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obu.edu/academics/files/2011/03/Student-Financial-Aid.pdf|title=Student Financial Aid|publisher=obu.edu|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
==References==
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