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re: Nixon's Southern Strategy a Big Liberal Lie
Posted on 7/7/14 at 11:31 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Posted on 7/7/14 at 11:31 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Okay, I read the column and it's a bit of a mess. He makes some good points, but spends more time labeling the Democratic party as the one opposing civil rights in the 50's and 60's. It's true most of the opposition came from the Democratic party, but it was almost entirely the Southern faction of the Democratic party that opposed it.
Is the Southern Strategy(it was more Kevin Phillips's strategy than Nixon's) a bit overblown? Perhaps a little, but I think it's more than just coincidence that the South was such a Democratic stronghold for so long and soon after Nixon's White House, it's moved to a Republican stronghold. I don't think it was so much that Republicans adopted racist, segregationist views, but rather showed the racist Southerners that blacks were starting to vote Democrat.
Is the Southern Strategy(it was more Kevin Phillips's strategy than Nixon's) a bit overblown? Perhaps a little, but I think it's more than just coincidence that the South was such a Democratic stronghold for so long and soon after Nixon's White House, it's moved to a Republican stronghold. I don't think it was so much that Republicans adopted racist, segregationist views, but rather showed the racist Southerners that blacks were starting to vote Democrat.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 11:42 am to The Spleen
Dems had the AA vote since FDR.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 11:56 am to The Spleen
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Okay, I read the column and it's a bit of a mess. He makes some good points, but spends more time labeling the Democratic party as the one opposing civil rights in the 50's and 60's. It's true most of the opposition came from the Democratic party, but it was almost entirely the Southern faction of the Democratic party that opposed it.
Is the Southern Strategy(it was more Kevin Phillips's strategy than Nixon's) a bit overblown? Perhaps a little, but I think it's more than just coincidence that the South was such a Democratic stronghold for so long and soon after Nixon's White House, it's moved to a Republican stronghold. I don't think it was so much that Republicans adopted racist, segregationist views, but rather showed the racist Southerners that blacks were starting to vote Democrat.
i really like pat but that piece wasn't particularly well thought out. The southern strategy was about getting elected, not about policy.
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