Branwell DuBose Kapeluck is professor of political science at The CitadelMark Owens is assistant professor of political science at The Citadel

For a half-century the Citadel Symposium assembled the best scholars of the South to explore the politics of the region. These essays on the dynamics of the South explore competing trajectories of southern presidential politics. For forty years the GOP has dominated national politics when it dominates the South. This book demonstrates why this was true again in 2024.

• IntroductionBranwell DuBose Kapeluck and Mark OwensChapter 1The 2024 Election in the South: Demographics, Issues, and Voting Patterns Patrick R. MillerChapter 2The Primary that Wasn’t: The 2024 Presidential Nomination ProcessAaron A. Hitefield and M.V. Hood, IIIChapter 3Alabama: Competition in the DoldrumsShannon L. BridgmonChapter 4Georgia: Competition In a Toss-Up StateCharles S. Bullock, IIIChapter 5Louisiana: Red Tide Continues Its Rise in the Bayou StateRobert E. HoganChapter 6MississippiRepublican Dominance in a Nationalized EnvironmentStephen D. ShafferChapter 7South Carolina: Red HotBranwell DuBose Kapeluck and Scott E. BuchananChapter 9: Arkansas: All Politics is NationalJay Barth and Heather E. YatesChapter 9Florida: From Battleground State to MAGA CentralJonathan Knuckey and Aubrey JewettChapter 10 Trumptucky! An Exclamation Point on Party Realignment in the CommonwealthScott Lasley, Joel Turner, and Jeffrey KashChapter 11 North Carolina: A State of Deep and Rigid PolarizationJ. Michael BitzerChapter 12Deeply Red in Big Orange CountryVaughn MayChapter 13Texas: Reinventing the party brandsMark OwensChapter 14Virginia: Standing Apart AgainJohn J. McGlennonChapter 15The Trump Years and the 2024 Presidential Election in the American SouthSeth C. McKeeChapter 16The 2024 Presidential Election in the South in ContextChristopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts About the EditorsAbout the Contributors