1881 Dixieland Presidential Election (Deo Vindice)

The 1881 Dixieland Presidential Election was the sixth quadrennial presidential election in the Dixieland Confederation, held on wednesday November 2nd, 1881. This was the first election without a Southern Constitution Candidate running, and as a result the first president with a New Whig Candidate running, this was also the first election in which the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Yucutan, were able to participate in

Background
The Presidency of Peter H. Bell was pretty popular, the Democratic Party started to be respected within congress again, and he was also having exapnsionist views, especially after the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Yucutan were admitted in 1878, this caused tension with mexico.

Democratic Nomination
Peter H. Bell and David S. Walker were renominated easily, due to their popularity

New Whig Nomination
The New Whig party was formed in 1879 and became popular, with alot of former Southern Constitutionalists switching to the new Whig Party, in 1881 the Southern Constitution Party iddnt field a candidate so the new whigs became the main opposition, they decided to nominate former Southern Constitutionalist VP Candidate in 1873 and current Minister to the Ottoman Empire James Longstreet for president, and Senator from Alabama John Tyler Morgan for Vice President

Campaign
Tensions with mexico and expansionalism were the main issue, with many democrats for going to war with mexico and forming hte golden circle and the southern whigs being against the idea, wanting to focus more on industrialization and internal issues

Results
Even with the new opposition in place, Peter H. Bell and the democrats secured yet another victory, the Confederacy esentially becoming a 1-party state would later become a major topic in congress