The 2000 Presidential Election in the South: Partisanship and Southern Party Systems in the 21st Century

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgments vii
• Part I - The Setting and the Nominating Process 1
• 1 - Introduction: Contemporary Southern Politics and the 2000 Elections 3
• 2 - Believers for Bush, Godly for Gore: Religion and the 2000 Election in the South 11
• 3 - The 2000 Presidential Nomination Process 23
• 4 - The South and the 2000 Election: a Victory for Valence Issues 37
• Part II - Elections in the Deep South 47
• 5 - Alabama: a “small Time” Election 49
• Notes 61
• 6 - Georgia: Another Mixed Partisan Result 65
• 7 - Louisiana: Mainstream Republicans Back in Control 79
• 8 - Mississippi: Gop Blunts Democratic Resurgence 99
• 9 - South Carolina: Republican, Primarily 113
• Notes 127
• Part III - Elections in the Rim South 131
• 10 - Arkansas: Non-Stop Action in Post-Clinton Arkansas 133
• 11 - Florida: Too Close to Call 149
• 12 - North Carolina: Continued Two-Party Competition 169
• 13 - Tennessee: a Native Son Scorned 181
• 14 - Texas: Ignored for Once 199
• 15 - Virginia: the Parties Agree It’s out of Play 207
• Notes 216
• Part IV - Conclusion 217
• 16 - The South in the 2000 Elections 219
• Selected Bibliography 233
• Index 237
• About the Editors and Contributors 245

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