Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. I. The National Setting
5. 1. The Republican Edge 3
6. 2. The South and the Electoral College 29
7. 3. The Changing Geography of Presidential Elections 58
8. II. Presidential Nominations in Historical Perspective
9. 4. The South and Democratic Nominations 79
10. 5. The South and Republican Nominations 116
11. III. The Dissolution of the Solid Democratic South
12. 6. The White Revolt in the Deep South 141
13. 7. The Republican Breakthrough in the Peripheral South 176
14. IV. Modern Presidential Politics
15. 8. The New Southern Electorate 213
16. 9. The Progressive Advantage in Democratic Primaries 241
17. 10. The Conservative Triumph in Republican Primaries 272
18. 11. Republican Dominance after the Great Society 293
19. 12. The Democratic Interlude 327
20. 13. As the South Goes 344
21. Notes 369
22. Index 395