Flopper
Diamond Member
The Southern Strategy was a racist policy of the Republican Party to gain political support in the Southern section of the country. Politically, the concept generally uses themes traditionally supported by residents of the Southern states to win election in those locations. Since segregation continued well into the late 20th century in the region, the Republican Party officially attempted to utilize this wedge issue as a way of garnering support for their political faction in these states. State rights was a favorite campaign issue of Republican candidates in the South claiming the federal government usurped the rights of the states by unconstitutionally forcing integration and overriding the Jim Crow voting laws. In addition to the issue of segregation between white residents and blacks, the party also utilized Southern values of religion, gun control and a distrust of counterculture to win votes.can you quantify that for me.....how exactly?
really?
well, yea, you actually are.......
you have not proved any 'racism' yet, you're getting ahead of yourself.
Trajan asked-
do you have some concrete examples of this rhetoric turned to conclusion via states rights issues culminating in racist policy?
so, can you answer the question...yes or no?
To gauge the success of the strategy, you need only look at the shift from Democrat to Republican in the 60's and 70's.