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Sadly it's far more common than you realize in the South. The "Lost Cause" ideology is not on the fringe, it's a dominant attitude for large swaths of the population.
I was quite serious in asking what the number is as I know of no mainstream or even minor political party that advocates for slavery. I do know that there are some very fringe groups that advocate some horribly racists ideas. And I know that the Northeast (and my small part of it) is not a scientific sample, so greatly appreciate your color. But I do get some hope from the fact that no politician has - in my life -ever had a shot at any office by advocating for slavery.
Just making up a number, a hundred thousand people can make a lot of noise, but in a country of 300+million they aren't a political force at the national level. But I close where I open - I do not know the number who advocate for slavery, but as noted, based on every political party I'm aware of that has any following of note - I've never heard that advocated as a policy. If there are any though, I'll join anyone in the political / intellectual fight against it.