This bloc of voters, the so-called "Solid South," was key to the fortunes of the Democratic Party. Voters in these states had helped elect John F. Kennedy as president in an extraordinarily close race against Republican candidate Richard Nixon. Segregationist Alabama governor John Patterson endorsed Kennedy as a candidate early in the race and served as a key political ally in his campaign. Instead, it was Patterson who chose to sever communications with the federal government, instructing his secretary to say that he had "gone fishing" when the President called after Freedom Riders were jailed in Birmingham, AL.
African American Studies. Home Close. View Inside. Kno Inc. The Potato is planted very sparingly south of Piedmont, and not so commonly there as in Savoy. If we can free this State of Yankees, we will accomplish more than your armies down south have.
Between South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest. New Word List Word List. Senator Swanson D. Increasing industrialization in certain southern states has been attended by some infiltration of political ideas common to other industrial sections of the country. Other influences have been working to some extent toward introduction of two-party politics in the South.
There is little indication, however, that these factors are yet, or will be in the near future, sufficiently strong to cause a fundamental change in southern voting practices. Help Login. Search by keyword.
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