| List of Illustrations | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Competitive Parties and the "Invisibility" of Captured Groups | 27 |
| Ch. 3 | National Party Competition and the Disenfranchisement of Black Voters in the South, 1866-1932 | 49 |
| Ch. 4 | Capture Inside the Democratic Party, 1965-1996 | 87 |
| Ch. 5 | Party Education and Mobilization and the Captured Group | 120 |
| Ch. 6 | Black Representation in Congress | 140 |
| Ch. 7 | Is the Concept of Electoral Capture Applicable to Other Groups? The Case of Gay and Lesbian Voters in the Democratic Party and the Christian Right in the Republican Party | 179 |
| Index | 207 |
