Wallace 1968/Ford 1976 counties

[TDAS04]

Alabama
Baldwin
Houston
Jefferson
Lee
Mobile
Montgomery
Shelby

Florida
Clay
Escambia
Okaloosa
Santa Rosa

Louisiana
Bossier
Caddo
Caldwell
Calairborne
East Baton Rouge
Franklin
Iberia
Jefferson
Lafayette
La Salle
Lincoln
MOrehouse
Ouachita
Plaquemines
Richland
St. Tammany
Terrebonne
Union
Webster

Mississippi
Choctaw
Clarke
Forrest
Franklin
Grenada
Harrison
Hinds
Jackson
Jones
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lincoln
Lowndes
Marion
Newton
Oktibbeha
Rankin
Scott
Simpson
Smith
Warren
Yazoo

North Carolina
Lenoir
Wayne

Tennessee
Hamilton

Texas
Crane
Glasscock
Loving
Montgomery
Rusk

Virginia
Lunenburg
Mecklenburg
Pittsylvania

[Kingpoleon]

I'm really interested in the ideology of such a voter. Union workers combined with minority votes Wallace didn't get, many?

[TDAS04]

I'm really interested in the ideology of such a voter. Union workers combined with minority votes Wallace didn't get, many?

Most of these counties were in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.  Nixon did not win a single county in those states in 1968, he came in third place, yet Ford carried the white vote in those states.

Interestingly, Ford won most of these states larger, urban/suburban counties (Birmingham, Jackson, Shreveport, etc.).   Maybe these suburban voters supported Wallace over racial resentment in 1968, but after that, they were done supporting Democrats--not even Carter.  Of course, since suburbanites were relatively affluent, that also made them more likely to vote Republican then rural voters (Ford was obviously nothing like Wallace).  Nevertheless, it appears that many Deep South whites (many of whom still identified as Democrats) were already finished voting Democratic at the presidential level by the 1970s, even when the Democratic candidate was Carter, one of their own.

[buritobr]

I'm really interested in the ideology of such a voter. Union workers combined with minority votes Wallace didn't get, many?

Right-wing voters?

[ElectionsGuy]

[RINO Tom]

I'm really interested in the ideology of such a voter. Union workers combined with minority votes Wallace didn't get, many?

Right-wing voters?

It is one of the most comical and ridiculous myths that George Wallace was in any whatsoever "right wing."  Being from Alabama and being a racist does not just negate the fact that George Wallace was CLEARLY left-of-center as a politician his entire career.

[Gog]

To be honest the only ideology George Wallace prescribed to was George Wallace.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I'm really interested in the ideology of such a voter. Union workers combined with minority votes Wallace didn't get, many?

This seems like the most likely scenario.

[Gog]

I'm really interested in the ideology of such a voter. Union workers combined with minority votes Wallace didn't get, many?

Ford actually got one of the highest percentages that a GOP nominee has got of the black vote, at 15%

[All Along The Watchtower]

I'm really interested in the ideology of such a voter. Union workers combined with minority votes Wallace didn't get, many?

Right-wing voters?

It is one of the most comical and ridiculous myths that George Wallace was in any whatsoever "right wing."  Being from Alabama and being a racist does not just negate the fact that George Wallace was CLEARLY left-of-center as a politician his entire career.

Wallace did get support from some right-wing voters in 1968 - and not just for his segregationist stance, but also for his hard-line anti-communism and his disdain for liberals and political correctness. Arguably, his voter base was similar to Trump's.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

To be honest the only ideology George Wallace prescribed to was George Wallace.

This. Wallace started his career as the NAACP endorsed candidate for governor, became a rabid segregationist to win over white racists during the 60s and 70s, then changed sides again when it was clear that the Civil Rights movement had won. There was nothing he wouldn't say to get elected.

[Bigby]

I'm really interested in the ideology of such a voter. Union workers combined with minority votes Wallace didn't get, many?

Right-wing voters?

It is one of the most comical and ridiculous myths that George Wallace was in any whatsoever "right wing."  Being from Alabama and being a racist does not just negate the fact that George Wallace was CLEARLY left-of-center as a politician his entire career.

You're talking to a liberal Yankee. There's no sense in trying to make them see that Democrats had a problem with racist Southerners.