American South politics get the spotlight in new YouTube series
CBS News says Long Play: Winning the South examines six Southern states and the people who helped shape their politics.
By Frankie Delgado · News Reporter
2 min read
A new YouTube series is taking on American South politics by looking at six states and the people CBS News says have helped shape them.
The series, titled Long Play: Winning the South, is described by CBS News as an exploration of the region’s political complexity and the role those states play in the broader fight for power.
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who is listed as a co-host of the project, appeared on CBS News’ The Takeout to discuss the series, according to the network.
What is Long Play: Winning the South?
Long Play: Winning the South is a YouTube series from CBS News focused on politics in the American South. CBS News says it examines the importance of six states through the stories of people connected to their political development.
The network’s description does not name the six states in the video listing, but it frames the project around the South as a region whose politics cannot be easily reduced to one label or one election cycle.
Landrieu’s role gives the project a notable political voice. He served as mayor of New Orleans, one of the South’s best-known cities, and CBS News identifies him as a co-host rather than just a guest commentator.
The appearance on The Takeout centers on the series itself, with Landrieu joining the program to talk about why the South’s political shifts are worth watching now, according to CBS News.
Why does the series focus on the South?
CBS News describes the American South as politically complex, and the series is built around that premise. Its format looks at state-level importance through people who have influenced, organized in, or otherwise helped define those places, based on the network’s description.
The project arrives as political attention on the region remains intense, with Southern states often drawing scrutiny for how they shape national races, party strategies and voter coalitions. CBS News’ listing presents the series as an attempt to show that story through individual perspectives rather than a single broad-brush account.
The segment is available through CBS News’ video platform and is tied to the network’s YouTube programming.
This story draws on original reporting from CBS News.