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IN NO REGION OF THE COUNTRY HAS NATIONAL PARTY POLITICS CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE WORLD WAR II AS IN THE SOUTH. SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC FOR DECADES, THE SOUTH, ESPECIALLY DIXIE, HAS BECOME RELIABLY REPUBLICAN IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. YET THE GOP, WHILE MAKING INROADS, HAS FAILED TO WIN CONTROL OF CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS FROM THE REGION. THIS ARTICLE, WHICH EXAMINES THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE GROUP OF SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN SENATORS, FRESHMEN IN THE CLASS OF 1980, FINDS AN EXPLANATION FOR GOP FRUSTRATIONS IN THE KIND OF CANDIDATE THE PARTY ATTRACTS.