Government and politics After Democrats regained power in the state in the late nineteenth century, the legislature passed a new constitution that raised barriers to voter registration, effectively disfranchising black voters; at the time blacks comprised a majority of the population in the state and mostly supported Republican candidates. The state legislature also imposed legal racial segregation and laws for Jim Crow and white supremacy. This situation of disfranchisement lasted largely into the 1960s, until after Congress passed the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, to give the government oversight and power to enforce constitutional rights for all citizens. As part of the Solid South, the whites of the county and state used to vote overwhelmingly Democratic, giving 100% of its vote to the party in 1924. White South Carolina residents (and throughout the South) had outsize power in Congress, as they controlled seats apportioned on the basis of total population of the state, while disfranchising the blacks.
government and politics after democrats regained power in the state in the late nineteenth century the legislature passed a new constitution that raised barriers to voter registration effectively disfranchising black voters; at the time blacks comprised a majority of the population in the state and mostly supported republican candidates the state legislature also imposed legal racial segregation and laws for jim crow and white supremacy this situation of disfranchisement lasted largely into the 1960s until after congress passed the federal voting rights act of 1965 to give the government oversight and power to enforce constitutional rights for all citizens as part of the solid south the whites of the county and state used to vote overwhelmingly democratic giving 100% of its vote to the party in 1924 white south carolina residents (and throughout the south) had outsize power in congress as they controlled seats apportioned on the basis of total population of the state while disfranchising the blacks