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Sorry, if you are pointing towards Presidential politics as evidence, that actually supports the OP's point that the roots of this party flip began in the 1960s
by Donald 6y ago
Sorry, if you are pointing towards Presidential politics as evidence, that actually supports the OP's point that the roots of this party flip began in the 1960s.
Goldwater won the American deep south handily in '64 based on his "states rights" rhetoric.
- chrisco255 6y agoState politics too bud, Democrat governors and Congress dominated the south until the 90s. And you had ex-klansman Senator Byrd of West Virginia serving in Congress until 2010. Sorry, in early-mid 90s was when south started to go heavily Republican. Do your homework. You can't cherry pick one election. Goldwater won 5 or 6 states. He didn't even win the whole south, as Jimmy Carter did in 1976. Reagan won 49 states in 1984. Does that mean the "southern strategy" worked on everyone? Or was he just a popular politician and personality, as Johnson was?
- eropple 6y agoWorth noting that there was a pretty obvious policy split between national and state-level Democrats for a pretty long time. Also voters. The stereotype of the white union member who was a galloping racist and a reliable Democratic voter was a stereotype for a reason: 'cause they existed.