Matthew Yglesias

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The 1956 election in particular was an odd one because by then the most forceful advocates for civil rights were Democrats, but electing a Democratic senate majority ensured committees would be controlled by ferocious segregationists from the south. — PolitiTweet.org

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An analysis from the historical low point of partisan polarization may not apply today. — PolitiTweet.org

in 1956, W.E.B. DuBois refused to even register to vote arguing that "democracy has so far disappeared in the Unite… https://t.co/oLs22vNyIX

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On the presidential level the 1952, 1956, and 1960 elections were odd because both parties actively courted the black vote and the segregationist vote simultaneously with lots of contradictory promises and it’s very reasonable for someone to feel ambivalent about the outcomes. — PolitiTweet.org

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