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| List of Figures | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Core Questions | |
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| Describing Partisan Change | |
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| A Typology of Partisan Change | |
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| Classifying Partisan Change in the South | |
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| Explaining Partisan Change in the South | |
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| The Historical Role of Race in the South | |
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| Political Elites and Partisan Change | |
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| Institutions and Partisan Change | |
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| Racial Issues, Racial Context, and Partisan Change | |
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| Racial, Economic, and Social Issues and Partisan Change | |
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| Outline of the Book | |
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| The Pace of Republican Gains | |
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| Federal Elections | |
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| Presidential Elections | |
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| Congressional Elections | |
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| State Elections | |
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| Gubernatorial Elections | |
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| State Legislative Elections | |
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| Local Elections | |
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| Top-Down Republican Gains? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Strategic Elites and Partisan Choice | |
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| Why Focus on Local and State Legislative Contests? | |
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| An Indicator of Partisanship | |
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| Strategic Behavior by Elites | |
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| The Local Elections Database | |
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| Candidate Recruitment | |
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| Republican Contestation of Southern Elections | |
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| The Incumbency Advantage in Local Elections | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Role of Institutions | |
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| The History of Institutions in Southern Politics | |
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| Racial Redistricting in the Nineteenth Century | |
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| The Establishment of Primary and Runoff Elections | |
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| Racial Redistricting | |
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| Criticisms and Defenses of Racial Redistricting | |
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| Racial Redistricting Stimulates Partisan Change | |
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| Primary Elections | |
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| Enfranchisement, the Democratic Primary, and Partisan Change | |
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| Louisiana | |
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| The Initiative Process and Term Limits | |
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| No Party Labels on the Ballot:The Case of Virginia | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Impact of Racial Context | |
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| Race Remains Central to Black Partisanship | |
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| The History of Black Partisanship | |
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| Maintaining Black Support for the Democrats Today | |
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| Racial Threat, Electoral Outcomes, and White Voting Behavior | |
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| National Elections | |
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| County and State Legislative Elections | |
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| County and State Legislative Elites | |
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| Submerged White Backlash? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Issues and White Partisanship | |
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| Explaining White Partisan Change in the South | |
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| Racial Explanations | |
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| Class or Social Issue Explanations | |
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| Multiple Factors? | |
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| The Overemphasis on Racial Issues | |
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| Assessing the Relative Importance of Racial, Economic, and Social Issues | |
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| Racial Issues and Democratic Officials | |
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| Class, Economic Issues, and Partisan Change | |
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| Social Issues and Partisan Change | |
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| Comparing the Impact of Racial, Economic, and Social Issues | |
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| Economic Issues Remain Paramount | |
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| Racial and Social Issues Have Grown in Importance | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Future of Southern Politics | |
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| A New "Solid South"? | |
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| Issues and Southern Politics | |
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| Do Long-Term Trends Favor the Democrats? | |
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| Rising Minority Population | |
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| Supreme Court Attacks on Racial Redistricting | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Index | |