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Since LBJ's signing of the Civil Rights act in 1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_19

Since LBJ's signing of the Civil Rights act in 1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 and Nixon's embracement of the Southern Strategy (initially pioneered by Barry Goldwater) in the 1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy the two parties have largely swapped places on issues regarding minority rights. In many cases, the pro-segregationist democratic politicians switched parties completely (like Strom Thurmond). Another article that discusses the demographic shifts between the democratic and republican parties in the 60s is here: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/07/14/331298996/why-did-black-voters-flee-the-republican-party-in-the-1960s https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/07/14/331298996...

0815test 7y ago
Okay, clearly you don't know what the real "Southern Strategy" was about. In many ways, the Civil Rights movement was the wake-up call that the South's entrenched elite had needed for a hundred years. It's no coincidence that the Civil Rights era was followed by a few intense decades (1970s and 1980s) of deep social and economic renewal; today, the South (and more generally, the Sun Belt!) is the most economically free area in the nation by far, including with respect to housing policies! To the extent that a Republican Southern strategy existed, it was playing to this, entirely novel side of Southern politics. The segregationist, pre-Civil Rights South was dead and still is dead, no matter how many white Democrats will try to sneakily revive it in the foreseeable future - that's why they mostly try those ploys elsewhere (like in CA and OR) by now. The South has had its grassroots Reconstruction, one hundred years past the original schedule. And it was Republicans who achieved it.
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- mwfunk 7y ago
  Jesus Christ dude, I give up.
- TulliusCicero 7y ago
  Praising the economy of the South seems a strange strategy when economically it's so weak. GDP per capita in Southern states is generally lower than average, sometimes much lower.
  - rayiner 7y ago
    Usually, when we compare GDP per capita between countries, we use PPP (purchasing power parity) rather than nominal values. You can achieve a similar result by adjusting state median incomes by a cost of living factor: https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2018/11/15/median-household-purchasing-power-for-the-50-states-and-dc https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2018/11/1.... Adjusted for cost of living, the median income in Alabama is about 10% higher than in California. California and New York are actually among the poorest states in the country in terms of standard-of-living, down there with Mississippi and West Virginia.
    - TulliusCicero 7y ago
      That tells you about the standard of living, but not about economic output.
      - CompanionCuuube 7y ago
        An utter neglect of the Purchasing Power Parity and standard of living of the citizens also tells a lot. In the US where capitalism dominates, the economic output is a better measure of the enrichment of the wealthy unless you believe in something like "trickle down".
- Ericson2314 7y ago
  Even if what you say was true (it isn't) that's not the Southern Strategy of Nixon. You can't just redefine the term.

0815test 7y ago

Okay, clearly you don't know what the real "Southern Strategy" was about. In many ways, the Civil Rights movement was the wake-up call that the South's entrenched elite had needed for a hundred years. It's no coincidence that the Civil Rights era was followed by a few intense decades (1970s and 1980s) of deep social and economic renewal; today, the South (and more generally, the Sun Belt!) is the most economically free area in the nation by far, including with respect to housing policies! To the extent that a Republican Southern strategy existed, it was playing to this, entirely novel side of Southern politics. The segregationist, pre-Civil Rights South was dead and still is dead, no matter how many white Democrats will try to sneakily revive it in the foreseeable future - that's why they mostly try those ploys elsewhere (like in CA and OR) by now. The South has had its grassroots Reconstruction, one hundred years past the original schedule. And it was Republicans who achieved it.

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mwfunk 7y ago
Jesus Christ dude, I give up.
TulliusCicero 7y ago
Praising the economy of the South seems a strange strategy when economically it's so weak. GDP per capita in Southern states is generally lower than average, sometimes much lower.
- rayiner 7y ago
  Usually, when we compare GDP per capita between countries, we use PPP (purchasing power parity) rather than nominal values. You can achieve a similar result by adjusting state median incomes by a cost of living factor: https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2018/11/15/median-household-purchasing-power-for-the-50-states-and-dc https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2018/11/1.... Adjusted for cost of living, the median income in Alabama is about 10% higher than in California. California and New York are actually among the poorest states in the country in terms of standard-of-living, down there with Mississippi and West Virginia.
  - TulliusCicero 7y ago
    That tells you about the standard of living, but not about economic output.
    - CompanionCuuube 7y ago
      An utter neglect of the Purchasing Power Parity and standard of living of the citizens also tells a lot. In the US where capitalism dominates, the economic output is a better measure of the enrichment of the wealthy unless you believe in something like "trickle down".
Ericson2314 7y ago
Even if what you say was true (it isn't) that's not the Southern Strategy of Nixon. You can't just redefine the term.