What Didn't Happen in North Carolina Presidential Politics in the Sixties
Republican totals not only did not increase dramatically, but actually were lower than in the fifties
By Bruce Johnson
North Carolina historically favored Democrats for President from the end of Reconstruction to the mid-1960s, but not as monolithically as some other Southern states.
Republican President Teddy Roosevelt performed respectably in the state in 1904, garnering nearly 40% of the vote, compared to winning less than 6% of the vote in Mississippi
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