And in 1972, he swept the South.That's ridiculous. The Republicans and Democrats did not switch Parties in the mid to late 1960s because of Nixon’s Southern Strategy. Nixon lost the deep south in 1968. How can you claim his plan worked, when he freaking lost????
And it's remained in Republican hands ever since.
Al Gore's father was a segregationist, Bill Clinton's mentor was a segregationist, Sen. Joe Biden was a segregationist, Sen. Robert Byrd was a segregationist. Of all the Democrat Senators who filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act (CRA), only one senator, Strom Thurman, switched parties to Republican, all the rest remained lifelong Democrats until they died.
But that was the point. ALl those other guys changed their minds on segregation, Thurmond remained a segregationist until he took a well-deserved dirt nap.
Yes, that's exactly what they did.So please, stop trying to rewrite history with this ignorant crap about Democrats and Republicans magically switching parties. After hating Republicans for decades, even lynching white Republicans alongside blacks... You want us to believe that the dems all suddenly abandoned their beloved slave party and joined the enemy?????