only black people vote in this line up

[Schmitz in 1972]

It's somewhat of a close election (emphasis added to somewhat), but Byrd triumphs.

Byrd's KKK connections will probably be deemed too distant to matter by Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, et. al.

[Schmitz in 1972]

Oh, and this klan issue is such a red herring (remember Strom Thurmond?)
Truman was also a member...
Why not have a poll between Truman and Alan Keyes?
Or Strom Thurmond and JC Watts?

Are you saying Strom Thurmond and Harry Truman were members of the KKK? 

Please provide documentation to that effect. 

It's pretty much a known fact that Truman was a KKK member, I'm fairly certain he admitted it.
As for Strom I don't recall him being a KKK member but he did father the child of an unmarried teenage black girl so it makes precious little difference...