Yes! And Wallace had his own history of party-switching: He left the Democrats briefly to run on something called the American Independent Party. There are still other similarities between the two.

Thank you for mentioning that point, which space didn't allow me to delve into. For any readers interested in Wallace's party-jumping, here's his Washington Post obit: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/sept98/wallace.htm