The Impact of the Negro Vote on Alabama Elections Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Page: 71
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increase in the votes for a Republican presidential candi-
date in the black belt counties, where Eisenhower gained
almost k2 per cent of the popular vote.^ This enthusiasm
for Eisenhower had apparently dampened somewhat by 1956, as
he received that year only 32 per cent of the votes cast in
ill
the black belt counties. In both cases, however, Alabama
continued to support the Democratic party; Stevenson carried
Alabama in both elections.
Electoral Strategy in the i960 Election
The i960 election in Alabama was unique in its use of
unpledged electors for half of the Democratic slate, with
the rest pledged to the national Democractic party nominee,
John P. Kennedy. As mentioned previously, this was a ploy
to give bargaining power to the South in the event of a close .
election, in which unpledged electors from Alabama and some
other Southern states would hold the balance of power in the
Electoral College. The Democratic slate of electors polled
almost the same amount of votes as did the Democratic slate
in 1956, receiving 57 per cent of.the total state vote.
The Republican party held relatively the same position as
^Secretary of State of Alabama, Official Alabama
Election Returns, 1952.
^Ibid., 1956.
42Ibid., I960.
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Smith, Dale Cheryl. The Impact of the Negro Vote on Alabama Elections Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, thesis, May 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131520/m1/78/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .