• @abbotsbury
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    71 year ago

    Looks less like backfiring on Democrats and more like benefiting rural folk both times

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      1 year ago

      more like benefiting rural folk both times

      And they’re more likely to vote during the midterms anyway.

      Also, it didn’t really backfire on the segregationist Democrats (aka Dixiecrats) who did it; they eventually migrated to the Republican Party.