LOL at the idea that Jimmy Carter voted George Wallace. That's insane. I also think that he voted for McGovern.
In the primaries I think it's reasonable to say that he voted Mondale in 1984, Clinton in 1992 and 1996, Gore in 2000 (?), Obama in 2008 and 2012 and I suppose Biden in 2020 given that Sanders didn't compete in Georgia. Idk about 1972/1988/2004.
Actually, I have to agree. I was just thinking about how Carter needed to succeed politically in Georgia, and Humphrey hardly got any white votes in the Deep South, but Carter must have voted for Humphrey. Carter was always racially progressive, and never seemed to have a racist bone in his body.
Yeah in the 1970 gubernatorial primary Carter adopted a message aimed at the more racist voters but it's pretty clear it was just a campaign tactic, as he demonstrated when he changed his tone sharply just after being sworn in. Even Leroy Johnson, who was the first Black state senator since Reconstruction, and who didn't endorse Carter in that primary, later said he supported Carter and understood that he had to adopt that image to win a state like Georgia.
