By "better" all I really mean is stable. > It’s dangerous because it disenfranchises. Yeah, but there were also downsides. This isn't my example, but if you w

By "better" all I really mean is stable. > It’s dangerous because it disenfranchises. Yeah, but there were also downsides. This isn't my example, but if you wanted to vote for civil rights candidates before that legislation got voted into law, what party would you vote for? There really wasn't a party for you. Even if you voted for a pro-Civil Rights northern democrat, you were still voting for a party leadership that at the time didn't believe in equal rights and for a majority that was fighting against equality.