Debs relative support in Mississippi

[Sumner 1868]

He actually beat President Taft there in 1912 with 3.18% of the vote and fell just shy of 2% in 1920. Contrast with the 28 votes he got in South Carolina in 1920. Who were these people? I know that Mississippi had more industrial jobs than the Carolina's did, but I can't imagine many of those workers could afford the poll tax.

Also, I'm kind of surprised Debs allowed was on the ballot at all in some of these states.

[Sumner 1868]

Anyone?

[Crane]

I saw your post the other day and didn't respond because I don't know. It's an interesting question and situation, but it's going to be tough to track down specific information and breakdowns of why Mississippi voters voted that way. It could be something as simple as Debs had a stronger ground game there.

Also those SC results look extremely suspect. I question the accuracy of any result giving the winner over 95% of the vote. In many ways, the Jim Crow south resembled a post-Soviet authoritarian regime in terms of voter suppression.

[Intell]

I have no clue, the Alabama and Louisiana results I'm pretty sure were from working class/poor-tennant voters that were grandfatherd in voting. The union base in Alabama led to votes for La Fotte in 1924 so I'm pretty sure the same happened in 1912. Poor Tenant farmers and the basis of the populist base also led to Winn Parish (home of Huey long) voting for Debs in strong numbers- this likely happened in Alabama too. Don't know about Mississippi. 

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I saw your post the other day and didn't respond because I don't know. It's an interesting question and situation, but it's going to be tough to track down specific information and breakdowns of why Mississauga voters voted that way. It could be something as simple as Debs had a stronger ground game there.

Also those SC results look extremely suspect. I question the accuracy of any result giving the winner over 95% of the vote. In many ways, the Jim Crow south resembled a post-Soviet authoritarian regime in terms of voter suppression.

South Carolina had no real secret ballot until 1950, which likely amounts for most of why that state had Nazi-like majorities consistently in spite of everything else for so many years.

[TDAS04]

I saw your post the other day and didn't respond because I don't know. It's an interesting question and situation, but it's going to be tough to track down specific information and breakdowns of why Mississauga voters voted that way. It could be something as simple as Debs had a stronger ground game there.

Also those SC results look extremely suspect. I question the accuracy of any result giving the winner over 95% of the vote. In many ways, the Jim Crow south resembled a post-Soviet authoritarian regime in terms of voter suppression.

South Carolina had no real secret ballot until 1950, which likely amounts for most of why that state had Nazi-like majorities consistently in spite of everything else for so many years.

The most Democratic state was the least democratic.