Some black people moved north, but most did not.Had nothing to do with needing another racist party, had to do with wanting to win elections and republicans needing all those conservative southern Democrats changing parties, to do it.Southern strategy - Wikipedia
Southern strategy - Wikipedia
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In American politics, the Southern strategy was a Republican Party electoral strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. As the civil rights movement and dismantling of Jim Crow laws in the 1950s and 1960s visibly deepened existing racial tensions in much of the Southern United States, Republican politicians such as presidential candidate Richard Nixon and Senator Barry Goldwater developed strategies that successfully contributed to the political realignment of many white, conservative voters in the South who had traditionally supported the Democratic Party rather than the Republican Party.
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Southern Strategy | Encyclopedia.com
Southern Strategy BEFORE 1960: THE UNSTABLE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COALITION 1960 TO 1964: RACIAL ISSUES REEMERGE, AND REPUBLICANS MOVE TO THE RIGHT 1965 TO 1972: YEARS OF TURMOIL AND NIXON’S SOUTHERN STRATEGY 1969 AND LATER: THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY EVOLVES, BUT CONTINUES BIBLIOGRAPHY Source for...www.encyclopedia.com
In American politics, the “southern strategy” refers to efforts by the Republican Party and its candidates to win presidential elections since 1964 by appealing to conservative whites (especially white southerners) disaffected with the Democratic Party by its strong embrace of civil rights laws in the 1960s and its racially egalitarian policies since.
Democrats did slavery, the KKK, Jim Crow, segregation, lynching, there was no need for another party to appeal to racism, you had it well covered. Still do today. Try being black and leaving the Democrat party. You'll learn how free you are. Or as Biden said, you ain't black"Telling breakdown?"
The North defeated the South again a hundred years later. The people felt betrayed by the Northern Democrats so they seats were easy prey to the Republican wordsmiths after the Dixiecrats retired.
The voting bloc the dems had built on racism fell. So the southern votes were open to appeal on other issues.
It was a good thing.
Lee Atwater talked about it, in that interview that you lefties all cite, but never actually read.
I love the way Leftists try and portray this. They are so phony-e-baloney.
How about this------------------>Black Americans voted for Democrats since FDR; because FDR gave them a measly check during the great depression. That is when Black Americans turned to Democrats, not before.
So why did the South turn Republican?
How about I help you out a little Leftists, and lets see if you can follow along------------->
1. Did or did not Black Americans vote massively for Democrats, with the percentage rising from the time of FDR?
ANSWER----------->Yes, absolutely.
2. So why then did the South turn red? Was it some racist dog whistle?
ANSWER-----------> LOL, HELL NO! What it really was came to Black Americans fleeing the South where there was no jobs worth a damn, and migrating to Detroit, Chicago, and cities with a large industrial base. They wanted a JOB worth a damn, preferably a union job, and leaving the racist South run by racist Democrats who they voted for, was just a plum in their cap. With those votes leaving en mass, it is any wonder that the Republicans then won.
Look at the migration curve of Black America in the middle 60s to middle 70s. And remember, since the time of FDR handing out a pittance of a check to them to feed their family during the depression, they were already solidly Democrat. Also remember, the poll tax?!?!?!?! Who created that tax oh great Lefties! Back in those days, people KNEW who you voted for, didn't they Leftists.
There is no doubt, Black Americans have been screwed over while they were on the Southern Democrats cotton plantations, and when the Republicans fought to free them and succeeded, the Southern Democrats devised new ways to screw them. Ever hear of sharecropping? Well, that was a NEW way to keep Black labor cheap as hell.
And what happened when Southern Blacks moved North and joined labor unions, making more money in a week then they could in the South in a month or more?
While they learned what all union members know---------------->the price of your job is monthly dues, and you must vote DEMORAT! Unions are like the Borg on Star Trek, you either vote their way, give union dues collected to the Democrats, or you lose your job. I know this is all true, I worked for the UAW for over 30 years!
Imagine if you will the Borg mindset of a union for a minute if you will--------------->we are going to put CAFE standards on your products, we are going to try and eliminate fossil fuels, we want to tax the hell out fuel so less people will drive or buy new cars, and when all of this started the Japanese are going to clean your clock and put 40% of you on the street because they have been building little cars for years. But don't you worry, Republicans are meanies, so vote for us, the great Democrats so we can do this to you! And until Reagan, and then Trump came along, THEY DID!
By the way Lefties, here is a clue for you---------------------->The union hierarchy is solidly Democrat. But, blue collar workers have moved significantly towards the GOP. They seen what you did and have had enough!
The southern strategy, is precisely as the encyclopedia described it to be, that I gave a link to above...
You are trying to rewrite history, decades later....
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Except that when I call any of you lefties to back up the claim of "by appealing to racism against african americans"
All you can come up with to support that claim, the crux of the matter, is "secret magic code words".
It is a bullshit Conspiracy Theory, that you people can't back up with anything but vapor and bullshit.
No, they sent out magic decoder rings to white folks all throughout the South. Super secret words like Protect our Heritage, or Our way of life is under attack. 2nd Amendment solutions.....The whistles still work today!
LOl!!! You joke but that is all you have to support this goofy ass conspiracy theory.
Magic code words.
This nation has had a bi-partisan consensus on equality for blacks since the mid 60s. Since then the debate has been on how to reach it.
Your inability to support the central claim of the Conspiracy Theory, ie the republicans appeal to wacism,
is noted and appreciated.
THanks.
Yea it's the smoking gun of the southern strategy
What more do you need? It's the best evidence one could imagine
No other political operative would ever allow themselves to be taped like that about any strategy much less such a vile one.
How many tapes would I need? hahaha of course zero
But with it, i don't even have to bother with the rest. Nothing is ever going to be as definitive as what atwater admits to
I like how you just arbitrarily set what the standard for belief is. Anyone not believing the southern strategy existed after hearing what atwater said is an idiot. Period. Just because you're too stupid to discern reality from fiction doesn't mean the rest of us can't.