By the way, what counties were George Wallace's best in the 68 election?
Geneva County, Alabama with 91.7%. Crappy racist sh**thole in southern Alabama.
And I suppose Macon County, Alabama is much better? 86% for Obama last year.
Yes because voting 86% for Obama for a county that has been staunchly Democratic for some time is the same as a county going for 90% for a candidate running on a racist platform......
Yes probably because it has an 84.64% black population, which race has always been overwhelmingly, blindingly democratic. 97% for Obama? That's not biased at all.
Once the GOP decided to play to the "angry white southener" crowd and used the "Southern Strategy" it pretty much demolished any chance of them getting anything other than a sliver of the African American vote. When LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act he stated the Democrats would lose the south for a generation as a result. And with a few exceptions that is what basically happened, and the GOP heavily targeted white southeners angry over Civil Rights because of it. As a result they angered African Americans and they became staunchly Democratic and have been since. The fact that the GOP does absolutely nothing to try and appeal to the African American vote and has become more of the party of the "angry white southener" does more harm than good.
Regardless its a silly and stupid comparison between Geneva 1960 to Macon 2008. Only one of them voted for a candidate who ran on a racist platform, and well that wasn't Macon....
