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Mississippi led the South in developing a [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchising]] constitution, passing it in 1890. By raising barriers to voter registration, the state legislature disenfranchised most blacks and many poor whites, excluding them from politics until the late 1960s. It established a one-party state dominated by white Democrats, particularly those politicians who supported poor whites and farmers. Although the state was dominated by one party, there were a small number of Democrats who fought against most legislative measures that disenfranchised most blacks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|author1-link=David Sansing|last=Sansing|first=David G.|publisher=Clairmont Press|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/861987177|title=A place called Mississippi|date=2013|others=Paul E. Binford|isbn=978-1-56733-244-5|location=Atlanta, Georgia|oclc=861987177}}</ref> They also side with the small group of Mississippi Republicans that still existed in the state and Republicans at the federal level on legislative measures that benefited them. | Mississippi led the South in developing a [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchising]] constitution, passing it in 1890. By raising barriers to voter registration, the state legislature disenfranchised most blacks and many poor whites, excluding them from politics until the late 1960s. It established a one-party state dominated by white Democrats, particularly those politicians who supported poor whites and farmers. Although the state was dominated by one party, there were a small number of Democrats who fought against most legislative measures that disenfranchised most blacks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|author1-link=David Sansing|last=Sansing|first=David G.|publisher=Clairmont Press|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/861987177|title=A place called Mississippi|date=2013|others=Paul E. Binford|isbn=978-1-56733-244-5|location=Atlanta, Georgia|oclc=861987177}}</ref> They also side with the small group of Mississippi Republicans that still existed in the state and Republicans at the federal level on legislative measures that benefited them. | ||
Most blacks were still disenfranchised under the state's 1890 constitution and discriminatory practices, until passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] and concerted grassroots efforts to achieve registration and encourage voting.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} In the 1980s, whites divided evenly between the parties. In the 1990s, those voters largely shifted their allegiance to the | Most blacks were still disenfranchised under the state's 1890 constitution and discriminatory practices, until passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] and concerted grassroots efforts to achieve registration and encourage voting.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} In the 1980s, whites divided evenly between the parties. In the 1990s, those voters largely shifted their allegiance to the Republican Party, first for national and then for state offices.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexander P. Lamis|title=Southern Politics in the 1990s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4LukDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT425|year=1999|publisher=LSU Press|page=425|isbn=9780807166772}}</ref> | ||
In 2019, a lawsuit was filed against an 1890 election law known as The Mississippi Plan, which requires that candidates must win the popular vote and a majority of districts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/24/763510668/black-voters-sue-over-mississippis-jim-crow-era-election-law|title=Black Voters Sue Over Mississippi's Jim Crow-Era Election Law|newspaper=NPR.org|access-date=January 4, 2020}}</ref> In [[2020 Mississippi elections|the following year]], 79% of Mississippians voted to remove the requirement of doing so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mississippitoday.org/2020/12/31/interactive-how-mississippians-voted-for-2020-candidates-and-ballot-measures/|title=Interactive: How Mississippians voted for 2020 candidates and ballot measures|first=Alex|last=Rozier|date=31 December 2020|website=Mississippi Today|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> | In 2019, a lawsuit was filed against an 1890 election law known as The Mississippi Plan, which requires that candidates must win the popular vote and a majority of districts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/24/763510668/black-voters-sue-over-mississippis-jim-crow-era-election-law|title=Black Voters Sue Over Mississippi's Jim Crow-Era Election Law|newspaper=NPR.org|access-date=January 4, 2020}}</ref> In [[2020 Mississippi elections|the following year]], 79% of Mississippians voted to remove the requirement of doing so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mississippitoday.org/2020/12/31/interactive-how-mississippians-voted-for-2020-candidates-and-ballot-measures/|title=Interactive: How Mississippians voted for 2020 candidates and ballot measures|first=Alex|last=Rozier|date=31 December 2020|website=Mississippi Today|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> | ||