Robert P. Steed - The 2000 Presidential Election in the South: Partisanship and Southern Party Systems in the 21st Century.

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The 2000 Presidential Election in the South

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Partisanship and Southern Party Systems in the 21st Century

Edited by Robert P.Steed and Laurence W.Moreland

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The 2000 presidential election in the South: partisanship and southern party systems in
the 21st century/edited by Robert P.Steed and Laurence W.Moreland.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0275970205 (alk. paper)
1. PresidentsUnited StatesElection2000. 2. ElectionsSouthern States.
3. Political partiesSouthern States. 4. Southern StatesPolitics and government
1951 I. Steed, Robert P. II. Moreland, Laurence W.
JK526 2002
324.97309290975dc21 2001051171

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright 2002 by Robert P.Steed and Laurence W.Moreland

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001051171

ISBN: 0-275-97020-5

First published in 2002

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This volume is the fifth in a series of analyses of elections in the South beginning in 1984 and continuing in 1988, 1992, and 1996. While the presidential election has been the focus of each volume, other important aspects of contemporary southern electoral politics have also been addressed, including congressional and state elections as well as the overall status of party development and competition in each southern state. This volume continues the general organizational plan of the previous publications, including an introductory chapter, a chapter on presidential primaries, a chapter on issues in the 2000 presidential election, a chapter on religion and southern politics, as well as chapters on each southern state and a conclusion summarizing lessons from the 2000 election cycle.

All volumes in this now-live-volume series have been published by Praeger, and we are grateful for their continuing interest in the politics of the South and for their willingness to continue the series.

We are also appreciative of the support of those who have made this book possible or who have contributed to the atmosphere in which this work was created. The Citadel Foundation provided indispensable financial support not only for this volume but also for The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, a biennial conference which for over two decades has brought together a community of scholars engaged in the study of southern politics and which has, in the process, helped to develop the network of contributors involved in this study. Dr. Harrison Carter, The Citadels provost, has offered consistent support for faculty research and publication, and he has helped to sustain the environment in which a work such as this can be developed. Major General John S.Grinalds, USMC (ret.), The Citadels president, takes every opportunity to support (and praise) faculty scholarship, and for this we are appreciative.