The Party Switch Lie

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Legion

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It is telling that the South Carolina governor who called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the state Capitol was a Republican.

Ike won three southern states in 1952 and five in 1956, when he won the popular vote in the region. And he did it while supporting civil rights.

In 1960, Richard Nixon more or less held the gains in the region, after the Republican Party had supported civil rights legislation.

How was this possible?

1964 wasn’t a point of radical departure. Republicans steadily gained strength as the old DEMOCRAT-dominated south — poorly educated, heavily rural, fearful of outside industry — figuratively and literally died off.

Jimmy Carter still nearly swept the South in 1976.

Bill Clinton was very competitive in the region, and won four Southern states in 1992.

Republicans didn’t take a majority of Southern congressional seats until 1994, and for the most part, didn’t make major inroads in southern state legislatures until the 1980s and 1990s.

Not until 2010 did they even gain unified control of the Alabama state Legislature.


https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/the-southern-lie-119406/
 
Legion said:
It is telling that the South Carolina governor who called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the state Capitol was a Republican.

Ike won three southern states in 1952 and five in 1956, when he won the popular vote in the region. And he did it while supporting civil rights.

In 1960, Richard Nixon more or less held the gains in the region, after the Republican Party had supported civil rights legislation.

How was this possible?

1964 wasn’t a point of radical departure. Republicans steadily gained strength as the old DEMOCRAT-dominated south — poorly educated, heavily rural, fearful of outside industry — figuratively and literally died off.

Jimmy Carter still nearly swept the South in 1976.

Bill Clinton was very competitive in the region, and won four Southern states in 1992.

Republicans didn’t take a majority of Southern congressional seats until 1994, and for the most part, didn’t make major inroads in southern state legislatures until the 1980s and 1990s.

Not until 2010 did they even gain unified control of the Alabama state Legislature.


https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/the-southern-lie-119406/
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I bet the cockroaches will scurry away from this
 
What is the Republican Party doing to attract minority Voters to their party in the South?

Name 3 things? Name two?

Never mind- JUST NAME ONE THING IF YOU CAN THINK OF IT!
 
Weeko Sportivo said:
What is the Republican Party doing to attract minority Voters to their party in the South? Name 3 things? Name two? Never mind- JUST NAME ONE THING IF YOU CAN THINK OF IT!
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I don't think that classifying people by race and pandering is something the GOP wants to do.

What does that have to do with the topic?

Naturally, I'll understand if you cannot explain, Weeko.
 
Geeko Sportivo said:
What is the Republican Party doing to attract minority Voters to their party in the South?

Name 3 things? Name two?

Never mind- JUST NAME ONE THING IF YOU CAN THINK OF IT!
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Keeping in mind that the R's did very well with Puerto Ricans in Florida, a great many of whom have recently fled that failing island....which has scared the shit out of D's....because they never dreamed that could happen.



Trump saw gains among Florida Puerto Ricans. They say Democrats ‘don’t hear us’
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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article247106087.html
 
Legion said:
Please don't enable Weeko's thread derailment tactics.
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Oh I think it is worthwhile to point out that the D's insistence that they are going to always beat R's going forwards "because demographics" not only never was credible, but that recent election results also shoot that belief all to Hell.
 
Legion said:
It is telling that the South Carolina governor who called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the state Capitol was a Republican.

Ike won three southern states in 1952 and five in 1956, when he won the popular vote in the region. And he did it while supporting civil rights.

In 1960, Richard Nixon more or less held the gains in the region, after the Republican Party had supported civil rights legislation.

How was this possible?

1964 wasn’t a point of radical departure. Republicans steadily gained strength as the old DEMOCRAT-dominated south — poorly educated, heavily rural, fearful of outside industry — figuratively and literally died off.

Jimmy Carter still nearly swept the South in 1976.

Bill Clinton was very competitive in the region, and won four Southern states in 1992.

Republicans didn’t take a majority of Southern congressional seats until 1994, and for the most part, didn’t make major inroads in southern state legislatures until the 1980s and 1990s.

Not until 2010 did they even gain unified control of the Alabama state Legislature.


https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/the-southern-lie-119406/
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Wrong (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy)
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Oh I think it is worthwhile to point out that the D's insistence that they are going to always beat R's going forwards "because demographics" not only never was credible, but that recent election results also shoot that belief all to Hell.
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Who said that?
 
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