The Impact of the Negro Vote on Alabama Elections Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Page: 49
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In the 1970 runoff primary, Brewer fared only slightly
better, running ahead of his statewide total in both Morgan
and Madison counties. At the same time, however, Wallace
carried majorities in Franklin, Limestone, Jackson, Mar-
shall, and Lawrence Countiesall of these are in close
proximity to Brewer's home and, according to Key's criteria,
they should have been subject to friends-and-neighbors vot-
ing. Obviously they were not.
The 1970 gubernatorial primary was also contested by
Charles Woods, a multimillionaire businessman from Dothan,
Alabama. As a result of an airplane crash during World
War II, Woods is severely disfigured, a factor which some- •
what affects his vote-attracting ability. He polled a
little over 15 per cent of the total statewide vote in the
primary, running third in the election behind Brewer and
Wallace. If friends-and-neighbors voting remains valid,
Woods should have run ahead of his statewide total in
Houston County (Dothan) and the adjacent counties. However,
this did not occur; Figure I shows that Woods ran consider-
ably behind his statewide total in his friends-and-neigh-
bors territory. In fact, in his home county of Houston,
he received only 8 per cent of the popular vote. Of the
counties adjacent to his home, he fared best in Dale County
but even there he was able to capture only 9 per cent of
10Ibid.
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