DINGO Joe
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« on: July 15, 2016, 01:03:06 AM » |
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There were three parts to the South, aristocratic whites, poor whites, and blacks. Who got to vote and when varied widely from state to state in the South as many poor whites were excluded from voting too. It's striking to look at 1960 voting and realize than WV out voted Virginia despite the latter having a white population of 3.2 million while WV had a total population of 1.9 million.
Of course, the aristocrats biggest nightmare would have been the poor whites and blacks voting in concert against them, and the aristocrats worked very hard to make sure that never happened.
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