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The Vital South

How Presidents are Elected

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$65.00 • £54.95 • €60.00

ISBN 9780674734579

Publication Date: 03/01/1992

400 pages

26 line illustrations, 19 maps, 22 tables

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  • Acknowledgments
  • The National Setting
    • The South and the Electoral College
    • The Changing Geography of Presidential Elections
    • Presidential Nominations in Historical Perspective
  • 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

Awards & Accolades

  • 1992 Winner of the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award of the Association of American Publishers, Government and Political Science Category

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