That sort of approach resonated in conservative strongholds like Alabama long before Trump.
Alabama Democrats, especially, cite deep historical roots involving racism, class and urban-rural divides when explaining Wallace, Trump and the decades between them.
Moderate to progressive “national Democrats” were concentrated in north Alabama, Baxley explained, while reactionary “states-rights Dixiecrats” cohered in south Alabama.
Wallace won four Deep South states as an independent in 1968.
Wallace won his fourth term as governor in 1982 after disavowing segregation and winning over enough Black voters.
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