50 Years of North Carolina's Political History
Straddling a middle ground. Kinder, gentler on race than Deep South states, but not as liberal as the Northeast
Bruce Johnson’s account of the relative moderation and unity of North Carolinians during the 1960s in comparison to other Southern states inspired me to recall the following decades, beginning in the 1970s.
North Carolina’s White swing voters, particularly among the working class, were big respecters of authority, which may explain why there wasn’t “ma…
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