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Who lost to the Anti-Segregation Democrat LBJ. And then the South started voting Republican for the first time in 150 years, right when Republicans started running Anti-Segregationists like Goldwater. Must all be a coincidence.

More inaccurate history. I can't tell you how many liberals I have destroyed on this topic. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Oh look who decided to unblock me lol Pussy. What are you going to say that the Party Switch was a myth?

Read a history book. Look at electoral maps prior to the 1950s and after the 1970s. The Democrat Party was borne out of the Confederacy after the Civil War. Now it's kind of Ironic you have the Solid Republican South defending Confederate Monuments, And Northern Democrats wanting them removed. I wonder how that happened lol

Do you think it's a coincidence that virtually every State that fought for the Confederacy, which were Solid Democrat for 100 years after, now votes Republican? And virtually every, once Republican, state that fought to free the slaves, now votes Democrat?

Do you think it's a coincidence that the majority of black people started voting for Democrats the same time the North turned Blue? No, it's one of the most well documented political demographic switches in history. Republicans gave up on Civil Rights around the 1930s.

Remember Lyndon Johnson's Famous Words: "We, [Democrats] will lose the South for a Generation" after he signed JFKs Civil Rights Act in 1964 that outlawed Segregation and Jim Crow. because he knew the racist South would stop voting for Democrats if they outlawed Segregation and Jim Crow. The very same Racist South that tried to succeed, and started the Civil War because they lost an election to a guy who was going to abolish Slavery.

Republicans lost all of their previous (liberal) base, because they were eaten up by the Democratic Leadership's big push for Civil Rights. They had nowhere else to go so they decided to pander to the racist South that felt betrayed by the Democratic Party.

They started Running racists like Goldwater, who adopted a "States Rights" position on segregation, which was a clear bone tossed to the segregationists. Nixon also ran a very racial inflaming campaign. Look up "Southern Strategy" and it's pretty clear to see why the South turned Red.

I never blocked you.

Oh so there was just a brief few hours I couldn't directly reply to your comments but I could other peoples? Must have been a coincidence.

I don't block people. But apparently you have super powers and can see through the internet.

Let's dispense with the obvious canard first: Republicans gave up on civil rights in the 1930s.

Really, please explain the vote counts for the civil rights act which had HEAVY BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

Next, this lie of party switching is a liberal favorite, and it goes like this: following the civil rights act of 1964, Republicans turned to a strategy to appeal to racist whites and began dominating the deep South in elections. Problem is, that doesn't manifest in election data. Let's take a look.

Democrats claimed that by the 1968 election, Republicans had perfected the strategy, as this is evident in the election of Nixon. The problem is, Nixon lost a majority of South to an Independent. For the geographically challenged the "Deep South" consist of the following states; Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Nixon LOST ALL THOSE STATES except for South Carolina. Well what about the 1976 election. Well no, that doesn't support the claim either. Carter carried every state in the Deep South. What about the 1980's? What about the 1980 Senate Election results? Senate elections would be an arbiter of your claim as each state has equal representation of two senators. Well Democrats GAINED in Louisiana and South Carolina and in 1982 they gained in Alabama...just more data that doesn't align with the claim of a solid racist red south. It wasn't until 1994, 50 years after the CRA of 1964, that Republicans won a majority of congressional seats in the South. Then, on top of all that, it was republicans in South Carolina who elected the first black man to call Congress since Reconstruction. His name is Tim Scott.

Now please, I don't have any more time today to devote to the reeducation of miseducated liberals.

Yes I'm sure you're very busy reading Breitbart Articles and making PizzaGate Conspiracy Memes.

The Civil Rights Act was very Partisan. Politically not so much because the parties were just beginning to become balkanized by the Civil Rights Movement itself, which subsequently caused many people to switch lanes because of it. Obviously black people and Liberals were't going to vote for a pro-segregation Republican, and likewise, most of the Racist South wasn't going to vote for an Anti-Segregation Democrat.

But Demographically it was indeed. Look at Congressional Votes by State and Region. It was supported overwhelmingly by Northern Politicians, Democrats and Republican alike, and voted against overwhelmingly by Southern Politicians, Democrats and Republican alike.

Also not sure how you can say it wasn't a partisan issue. The two people running for President were diametrically opposed on the very issue. Johnson wanted to end segregation, and Goldwater wanted "States Rights" (Wink Wink).

That's like saying Gay Marriage wasn't a partisan issue because some Republicans in congress voted for it, even though you had most of the party leadership taking stances against it. Also, when you have the most Pro-Segregation Republican winning the Presidential Nominee, and the Democratic one against it, pretty f**king clear it's a partisan issue. Doesn't really matter if there is some cross-over in congress. Front-runners define Party Standards more than any other individual.

Also, your rant about states losing and gaining ground is kind of irrelevant. These transitions don't just happen over night. It takes years, decades for the flux to settle.

In the end, the South will always vote for the more Racist Candidate as they always have, and the North will always vote for those more in favor of Civil Rights. Even to this day with Gay Rights.

The only Reason the South is Red now is because Republicans drove a once noble Party to race-mongering. The South started to turn Red the moment Republican began running racists like Goldwater and Nixon. Just like the liberal Northern States started to turn blue when they ran a anti-segregationist. Not a coincidence buddy.

"The Civil Rights Act was very Partisan"

Reality: more Democrats votes against the civil rights act of 1964 than republicans who voted against it. In fact, nearly 3x more Democrats opposed the bill than Republicans.

And spin.....

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182

And the same trend from the House vote carried over to the Senate. More Democrats opposed th bill than Republicans.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409

LOL...

You: Go read election data

Me: cites election data spanning from the 1960s thru the 1990s

You: you're reading Breitbart

LOL

Point out the elected officials who switched parties. I'll wait.

Seems kinda racist