This book explores the political sources of racially segmented elections and ANC dominance in South Africa.

Karen Ferree is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of California, San Diego. She has traveled extensively in Africa, particularly South Africa. Her research focuses on elections in Africa's new and consolidating democracies, and she has published research articles in a variety of journals, including American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Political Analysis.

1. Introduction; 2. Voters; 3. The 1994 campaign; 4. The 1999 campaign; 5. The 2004 campaigns; 6. Can a leopard change its spots? candidate demographics and party label change; 7. Why so slow? the political challenges of candidate transformation; 8. Negative framing strategies and African opposition parties; 9. Conclusion: South Africa in comparative perspective.