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Depending on the POD, but lets just say Huey Long, the Kingfish himself, exists in such a timeline, similar to how he was in OTL and runs for Louisiana politics and tries to get into the wider Confederate scene during a TTL analogue of the Great Depression.

For the sake of argument, the CSA de-facto abolished slavery in the 1910's after the boll weevil destroyed it. There is a mix of light and heavy industry in the CSA (Nashville, Birmingham, Richmond, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Charleston, Louisville, Norfolk, Knoxville). The country has segregation, but it's not OTL Jim Crow, but a system that is similar in many aspects, but depending on the state may be less strict than others. It is still a largely rural nation, and it may be on the verge of a great migration of blacks illegally immigrating over the Ohio River.

The country is also looking at a potential oil boom that has been taking hold over the last 15 years and something of a Gilded Age with nouveau riche Texas cowboys and Louisiana businessmen are starting to compete with the established planters.

So, does the Kingfish have the potential to reach presidential status here?
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