Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling and their comments on racial matters in recent weeks have caused a lot of RWers who post comments online to drag out their standard response: The strongest opposition to the civil rights legislation of the 1960s came from southern Democrats, and in fact it did. But Lyndon Johnson (D) was able to get it passed with the support of congressional Republicans. The RWers ignore the rest of the story.
In the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy (D) carried North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. Alabama split its EC vote between JFK and Sen. Harry Byrd.
In the 1964 election, Goldwater (R) carried South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Johnson (D) carried North Carolina, Arkansas and Texas.
In the 1968 election, George Wallace, running as a third party candidate on a segregationist platform, carried Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Richard Nixon (R) won North Carolina and South Carolina. Humphrey (D) carried Texas.
In the span of one decade, the former CSA went from solidly Democratic to solidly Republican. Was that because all those racist Democrats moved out, or did they just switch parties?
In the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy (D) carried North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. Alabama split its EC vote between JFK and Sen. Harry Byrd.
In the 1964 election, Goldwater (R) carried South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Johnson (D) carried North Carolina, Arkansas and Texas.
In the 1968 election, George Wallace, running as a third party candidate on a segregationist platform, carried Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Richard Nixon (R) won North Carolina and South Carolina. Humphrey (D) carried Texas.
In the span of one decade, the former CSA went from solidly Democratic to solidly Republican. Was that because all those racist Democrats moved out, or did they just switch parties?
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