The Democrats used to be pretty racist; before the American civil war, they supported slavery, and afterwards supported segregation, while the Republicans gener

The Democrats used to be pretty racist; before the American civil war, they supported slavery, and afterwards supported segregation, while the Republicans generally opposed slavery (Lincoln was a Republican, for example). As a result, the US South used to be heavily Democrat, and the north was heavily Republican. They basically flipped in the 40's and 50's due to the Democrats support for civil rights and the "southern strategy" (basically: appeal to racism, sometimes subtly, sometimes not, to get votes in the South) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy Today's (US) Republican party is nothing like the Republicans from 100+ years ago. It's kind of sad.