[Douglas Trimble]

I’m an amature historian with an emphasis on American Civil War and late 1800’s American history. While anything involving socio-political areas are really gray, this one is kinda straight forward although with a double twist. The first twist is: the South in the late 1800’s, where most black lived at the time, was almost entirely controlled by white Democratic interests. Other political parties had no clout in the South. Those blacks that did vote (very few could or would, but that’s a whole ‘nother story) were wooed by the white Democratic politicians. In the very late 1800’s and the first half of the 1900’s there was a major northward migration of blacks looking for work. They brought their Democratic roots with them which was re-enforced by the system already in place in the northern cities, which brings us to the second twist in the story. The Democratic party is and has been since just prior to the Civil War more a conglamoration than a solid group of people. The displaced, discriminated against, other disenfranchised persons, have been a major part of the Democratic party since the mid 1800’s. Blacks who migrated north prior to, during or just after the Civil War were wooed by the local ward politicians, many of whom were Irish immigrants. And, as in most families, children tend to follow in the political footsteps of their parents. So, even now, most blacks in this country are Democrats.

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Name : Douglas Trimble, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 46, City : Columbus, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : manager, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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