Introduction: contemporary southern politics and the 2000 elections / Brad Lockerbie, Robert P. Steed, and Laurence W. Moreland -- Believers for Bush, Godly for Gore: religion and the 2000 election in the south / John C. Green -- The 2000 presidential nomination process / John A. Clark and Audrey A. Haynes -- The south and the 2000 Election: a victory for valence issues / John C. Kuzenski -- Alabama: a "small time" election / Patrick R. Cotter -- Georgia: another mixed partisan result / Charles S. Bullock, III -- Louisiana: mainstream republicans back in control / Jonathan O. Knuckey and Charles D. Hadley -- Mississippi: GOP blunts democratic resurgence / Stephen D. Shaffer and Byron E. Price -- South Carolina: republican, primarily / Laurence W. Moreland and Robert P. Steed -- Arkansas: non-stop action in post-Clinton Arkansas / Jay Barth, Janine A. Parry, and Todd Shields -- Florida: too close to call / Steven C. Tauber and William E. Hulbary -- North Carolina: continued two-party competition / Charles Prysby -- Tennessee: a native son scorned / David M. Brodsky and Robert H. Swandsbrough -- Texas: ignored for once / Frank B. Feigert and John R. Todd -- Virginia: the parties agree it's out of play / John J. McGlennon -- The south in the 2000 elections / Harold Stanley.