Editing W. E. B. Du Bois (section)

===Voting===
In 1889, Du Bois became eligible to vote at the age of 21. During his life he followed the philosophy of voting for [[Third party (U.S. politics)|third parties]] if the Democratic and Republican parties were unsatisfactory; or voting for the [[Lesser of two evils principle|lesser of two evils]] if a third option was not available.<ref name="voting">{{Cite news|date=February 7, 2002|title=I Won't Vote|work=The Nation|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/i-wont-vote/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200721034921/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/i-wont-vote/|archive-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref>

Du Bois endorsed the Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan in the [[1908 United States presidential election|1908 presidential election]].<ref name=":0" /> In the [[1912 United States presidential election|1912 presidential election]], Du Bois supported Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic nominee, as he believed Wilson was a "liberal Southerner" although he had wanted to support [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912–1920)|Progressive Party]], but the Progressives ignored issues facing black people. He later regretted his decision, as he came to the conclusion that Wilson was opposed to racial equality.<ref name="DuBois1973"/><ref name="voting"/> During the [[1916 United States presidential election|1916 presidential election]] he supported [[Charles Evans Hughes]], the Republican nominee, as he believed that Wilson was the greater evil. During the [[1920 United States presidential election|1920 presidential election]] he supported [[Warren G. Harding]], the Republican nominee, as Harding promised to end the [[United States occupation of Haiti]]. During the [[1924 United States presidential election|1924 presidential election]] he supported [[Robert M. La Follette]], the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1934)|Progressive]] nominee, although he believed that La Follette could not win. During the [[1928 United States presidential election|1928 presidential election]] he believed that both [[Herbert Hoover]] and [[Al Smith]] insulted black voters, and instead Du Bois supported Norman Thomas, the Socialist nominee.<ref name="voting"/>

From [[1932 United States presidential election|1932]] to [[1944 United States presidential election|1944]], Du Bois supported Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee, as Roosevelt's attitude towards workers was more realistic. During the [[1948 United States presidential election|1948 presidential election]] he supported [[Henry A. Wallace]], the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955)|Progressive]] nominee, and supported the Progressives' nominee, [[Vincent Hallinan]], again in [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]].<ref name="voting"/>

During the [[1956 United States presidential election|1956 presidential election]] Du Bois stated that he [[Abstention|would not vote]]. He criticized the foreign, taxation, and crime policies of the [[Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower administration]] and [[Adlai Stevenson II]] for promising to maintain those policies. However, he could not vote third party due to the lack of ballot access for the Socialist Party.<ref name="voting" />