Just for info I always called them "Realignment Elections". I did not know that the actual terminology used is "Political Realignment" until I brought this link up. I was somewhat familiar with this process as early as 1960, not from school as I was only in 3rd/4th grade @ the time, but from the daily news that broadcast on the radio stations about the turmoil brewing over the civil rights demonstrations. By 1964 I was fairly aware that we had a problem with racial issues & it was obvious a Political Realignment was in the process. Near the end of 1968 I was not only acutely aware of Political change but was fleeing Oregon under the absolute possible worst of conditions, had lost what little I had accumulated within those 2-1/2 years & also had the draft coming up in a little over a year so 68'(worst year of my life) & all of 69' I divorced myself from everything but 2 part time jobs & what time I could afford to put into school(mostly for the lunch).
So even though I understood some of the basics of the Political Realignment process @ a fairly young age I did not fully understand it(no time) until I read the first link below. I know from communicating with our USMB crew that we got a lot of well informed members on our USMB so I am just posting this post for the few that might not know the in's & outs about it. I found the other 2 links to be of interest also.
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So even though I understood some of the basics of the Political Realignment process @ a fairly young age I did not fully understand it(no time) until I read the first link below. I know from communicating with our USMB crew that we got a lot of well informed members on our USMB so I am just posting this post for the few that might not know the in's & outs about it. I found the other 2 links to be of interest also.
