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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (133776)

5/4/2013 1:44:27 AM

From: koan

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<<South of what, south of Alaska? Again, you should speak for yourself and not for the rest of the country. Even a phrase like "a majority of folks here" would be more appropriate instead of saying this country.>.

You ever hear of Lee Atwoods Southern strategy. You might want read up on it before you start spouting off:

Here I'll do you the trouble of looking it up. PS this is common the knowledge known to every politico in the country and most university students!

"In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the Republican Party strategy of gaining political support or winning elections in the Southern section of the country by appealing to racism against African Americans. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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For the British strategy in the American Revolutionary War, see Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War.

The Southern United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau

In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the Republican Party strategy of gaining political support or winning elections in the Southern section of the country by appealing to racism against African Americans. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Though the " Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery before the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixiecrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and desegregation.

The strategy was first adopted under future Republican President Richard Nixon and Republican Senator Barry Goldwater [6] [7] in the late 1960s. [8] The strategy was successful in many regards. It contributed to the electoral realignment of Southern states to the Republican Party, but at the expense of losing more than 90 percent of black voters to the Democratic Party. As the twentieth century came to a close, the Republican Party began trying to appeal again to black voters, though with little success. [8]

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1 Introduction

2 19th century disfranchisement and rise of the Solid South

3 World War II and population changes