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== Background ==
== Background ==
McMinn County, Tennessee, lies between the cities of [[Chattanooga]] and [[Knoxville]], in southeastern Tennessee. Its two main towns are Athens (the county seat) and Etowah. As of the 1940 census, it had a population of 30,781 people.
McMinn County, Tennessee, lies between the cities of [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] and [[Knoxville]], in southeastern Tennessee. Its two main towns are Athens (the county seat) and Etowah. As of the 1940 census, it had a population of 30,781 people.
The following [[President of the United States|President]]ial election results might or might not be significant.<ref name=Leip>Leip D, ''Atlas of U.S. Presidential Election Results.'' Retrieved 1 August 2018. <https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/></ref> [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] did not carry McMinn County in 1932 or 1936. But he did carry the county in 1940 and 1944. He did so by lopsided margins that completely “flipped” in 1948.
The following [[President of the United States|President]]ial election results might or might not be significant.<ref name=Leip>Leip D, ''Atlas of U.S. Presidential Election Results.'' Retrieved 1 August 2018. <https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/></ref> [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] did not carry McMinn County in 1932 or 1936. But he did carry the county in 1940 and 1944. He did so by lopsided margins that completely “flipped” in 1948.