Originally posted by simplicio
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And you notice wrong - I literally haven't mentioned party other than disputing Jim's 'they were really Republicans' nonsense. The truth is that political division in the South then was intraparty - the primary, not the general, mattered most. This is still true in the black districts which are still Democrat, and not quite as bad but getting there in white Republican districts. So no, just as everywhere else, a given representative's platform wouldn't be completely representative of the electorate.
Then maybe you need a better brush, one that doesn't brush so broadly that you can't see reality.
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