A Changing Southern Electorate: Finding That Populist Core That...

A Changing Southern Electorate: Finding That Populist Core That Money Can’t Buy -

I’ll never forget the moment I was most proud of Mississippians. It was election day 1983, and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Allain defeated his Republican opponent, Leon Bramlett, by a 10-point margin. Just weeks before election day, Allain, a crusading populist who as attorney general had battled successfully against the state’s big utility companies and […]

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