Chapter 1: Long Arc of Southern Political History
Explanations of Southern Political Change |
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Chapter 2: Before a “Solid South”
1868 to 1900: The Relentless Work of Democratic “Redemption” |
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Northern Republicanism in the South |
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The End of Reconstruction |
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Populist Threat and its Removal |
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Summary of a Most Politically Volatile Period |
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Chapter 3: Democratic Past
Origins of the Solid South |
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The Timing and Tools of Disfranchisement |
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The (White) Primary System |
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The 1930s: Democracy Heads North |
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The 1948 Election: A Permanent Fissure in the Solid South |
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Summary of Southern Democratic Dominance: 1900-1948 |
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Chapter 4: Competitive Transition
The Tumultuous and Triumphant 1960s |
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The Deceptively Quiet 1970s |
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Reagan and the 1980s Turning Point |
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Summary Evidence of the Competitive Transition |
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Chapter 5: Republican Present
Republican Control from Top to Bottom |
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State Legislative Elections |
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The Peak of Republican Hegemony? |
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Chapter 6: Generational Change and GOP Growth
The Importance of Party Identification |
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Party Identification of Black Southerners |
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Party Identification of White Southerners |
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Life-Cycle, Period, and Generation Effects |
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Tracking Generational Change and Party Identification |
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Chapter 7: Issues: Race, Economics, and Religion
Issues, Ideology, and Political Sophistication |
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Sorting and Polarization within the Southern Electorate |
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The Big Three: Race, Economics, and Religion |
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Chapter 8: Sectional and Locational Differences
Deep versus Peripheral South: An Enduring Divide |
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Location and a Changing South, 1950-2000 |
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Location in the New Millennium |
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Voter Preferences by Subregion and Location |
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Chapter 9: The Changing Southern Electorate
Racial and Ethnic Composition of the General Electorate |
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The Democratic and Republican Coalitions, Then and Now |
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Welcome Back Carpetbaggers! Southern In-Migrants |
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Chapter 10: Republican Responses to Demographic Change
Demographic Change in the Southern Electorate |
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Electoral Volatility in the New Millennium |
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The 2010 Republican “Tsunami” |
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Congressional Redistricting |
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Jim Crow in Miniature? Restrictive Voting Laws |
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The Importance of Shelby County v. Holder |
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Chapter 11: The South in Comparative Perspective
Election Patterns in the South and Non-South |
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Party Identification in the South and Non-South |
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Voter Preferences in Recent Elections |
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Enduring Southern Exceptionalism |
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Chapter 12: The Future of Southern Politics
The Old Southern Politics |
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A Longitudinal Look at Party Competition |
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The Re-Segregation of Southern Politics |
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Demographic Change and Democratic Promise |
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