Reconstruction ended around the time of the 1876 election.
The Jim Crow era unofficially drew to a close around the time of the 1964 election.
Between 1876 and 1964, the Democrats won the majority of the former Confederate states in every single Presidential election.
The Jim Crow era unofficially drew to a close around the time of the 1964 election.
Between 1876 and 1964, the Democrats won the majority of the former Confederate states in every single Presidential election.
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Since 1964, only once did a Democrat win a majority of the former Confederate states in a Presidential election.
Coincidentally or not, states which were the stronghold of the segregationist Democrats have become the stronghold of the modern-day Republicans.
Coincidentally or not, states which were the stronghold of the segregationist Democrats have become the stronghold of the modern-day Republicans.
What’s weird is that there are some Republicans today who say they dislike Democrats but who seem to have some sort of a romanticized fixation on Confederate leaders. Who, of course, were all Democrats.
It does seem a little weird, when you think about it, that one party wins the majority of these Confederate states for 23 elections in a row, without fail.
And suddenly the party loses the majority of these states for 14 of the next 15 elections.
The dividing line? 1964.
And suddenly the party loses the majority of these states for 14 of the next 15 elections.
The dividing line? 1964.
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