Podgy the Bear
mollybecky
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« on: June 02, 2018, 08:29:31 AM » |
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It's all relative--Carter dropped considerably in the South almost as in other parts of the country. His numbers were so strong in 1976 (states like Arkansas went for him by a near 2:1 margin, and he won Tennessee by 13 points).
It's true that the black vote increased in the rural South in the 1970s. And in some states, the white vote had already been substantially Republican by then. It helps to explain why Mississippi (and Louisiana to a lesser extent) didn't swing heavily against Carter in 1980 (though just enough to lose both states).
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