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In South Carolina there were about 100, 000 scalawags, or about 15 % of the white population.
During its heyday, the Republican coalition attracted some wealthier white southerners, especially moderates favoring cooperation between open-minded Democrats and responsible Republicans.
Rubin shows that the collapse of the Republican coalition came from disturbing trends to corruption and factionalism that increasingly characterized the party ’ s governance.
These failings disappointed Northern allies who abandoned the state Republicans in 1876 as the Democrats under Wade Hampton reasserted conservative control.
They used the threat of violence to cause many Republicans to stay quiet or switch to the Democrats.

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