Presidential election turnout by race
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in constitutional political economy, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2016 presidential election, civil rights, Democratic Party, racial discrimination, southern States, voting rights
Harvard students take the 1964 Louisiana Literacy Test that black voters had to pass to qualify to vote
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How the Voting Rights Act immediately changed the electorate in the South – Vox
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in liberalism, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: southern States, Voting Rights Act
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The Voting Right Act had a huge impact on many southern states. For example, black voter registration rates in Mississippi increased from a mere 6.7 percent in 1965 to 59.8 percent in 1967, according to the US Commission for Civil Rights.
For a state that’s historically around 40 percent black, this represented a massive shift in politics — a change that much of the predominantly white leadership at the time feared but would have to accept due to the Voting Rights Act.
via How the Voting Rights Act immediately changed the electorate in the South, in 2 charts – Vox.
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