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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (24924)	1/5/2005 3:20:20 PM
From: Oeconomicus	of 90947

LOL. Keep changing your story, dip. Maybe you'll accidentally get something right eventually (though I doubt it). "The Democratic leadership passed the laws. Rank-and-file Democrats were bigots who were against civil rights. There was a near complete flip-over at that time with Democrats and Republicans switching places." Message 20918307 "It's called the "Southern Strategy" and it worked very well for the Republicans. That was when the Republicans actively enlisted the bigots from the Southern states." Message 20918576 So, was it a "near complete flip-over at that time" or a Reagan "southern strategy" that did it much later. Or is GOP dominance of the south just a figment of your imagination? "Today pretty much the entire South is Republican." Again you prove your ignorance. If we consider the "south" to be the eleven states that were members of the confederacy, the split of governorships is currently only 7:4 in favor of the GOP and that GOP lead is a very recent phenomenon. The legislatures are an exactly even split - 5 to 5 with Tennessee split one chamber to each party. And GOP strength in southern legislatures is also a VERY recent phenomenon. After the 2000 elections, the GOP held only 3 legislatures to 7 for the Democrats, with Texas split. As for the 1980 election and some imagined "southern strategy" winning it for Reagan, Reagan won all but 6 states and DC, and his margin of victory was much narrower in the south than in other regions. He won all but Minnesota and DC in '84 - was that a "southern strategy" win, too? What a dip!

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