The importance of race in presidential elections -- A tale of two straddles: the subterranean racial politics of 1960 -- LBJ wins despite civil rights: the blunt racial politics of 1964 -- The bullets, the ballots, and the backlash: the charged racial politics of 1968 -- Nixon buses to victory: the unnecessary racial politics of 1972 -- Ford gives up on Blacks: the absent racial politics of 1976 -- Carter and the politics of fear: the forced racial politics of 1980 -- The age of Jackson: the new racial politics of 1984 -- Furlough from the truth: the cynical racial politics of 1988 -- Forgetting about race: the squelched racial politics of 1992 -- Clinton resurgent: the status quo racial politics of 1996 -- The incorrigibly white Republican Party: The resilient racial politics of 2000 -- The future of race in presidential campaigns.
