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To: Follies who wrote (118085)

4/14/2016 4:34:44 PM

From: koan

Respond to of 217723

Why do you think minorities vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. Persecuted people know their enemies.

But look at the votes below for the 1964 civil rights act. Note Byrd voted against it.

en.wikipedia.org

By party and region[ edit]Note: "Southern", as used in this section, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. "Northern" refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states.

The original House version:

Southern Democrats: 7–87 (7–93%)
Southern Republicans: 0–10 (0–100%)
Northern Democrats: 145–9 (94–6%)
Northern Republicans: 138–24 (85–15%)

The Senate version:

Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) (only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)
Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) ( John Tower of Texas)
Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) (only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against)

Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%)

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Koan, I think I understand your nuance now. Byrd was a conservative, and all the republicans that voted in favor of the civil rights act were liberal. I don't know how you come to the conclusion that conservative principles are anti civil rights and liberal principles are pro civil rights. I don't get that. FollieS