Acknowledgments

The National Setting

The Republican Edge
The South and the Electoral College
The Changing Geography of Presidential Elections

Presidential Nominations in Historical Perspective

The South and Democratic Nominations
The South and Republican Nominations
The Dissolution of the Solid Democratic South

The White Revolt in the Deep South
The Republican Breakthrough in the Peripheral South

Modern Presidential Politics

The New Southern Electorate
The Progressive Advantage in Democratic Primaries
The Conservative Triumph in Republican Primaries
Republican Dominance alter the Great Society
The Democratic Interlude
As the South Goes

Notes
Index