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Drunken Irishman

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6. What happened to the GOP was the Civil Rights Act.

Sat Dec 12, 2020, 05:32 PM

Dec 2020

Prior to that act, the GOP was not much of a viable national party. Eisenhower won but he won on the back of the New Deal. From 1933 to 1969, Republicans held the White House for only eight years.

But LBJ signed away the South and that provided the Republican Party a new lease on life. Nixon then used his Southern Strategy to appeal to white Southern voters and the rest is history. The GOP lost its regional support in the Northeast and had to grow it in the South, which they did. That forced 'em to become more and more conservative and because of it, we've got the party we have today.

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What really happened to the republican party... [View all] pbmus Dec 2020 OP

They all partied at Epsteins randr Dec 2020 #1

+1, they can't be this damn stupid to worship Putin's Whore like they do uponit7771 Dec 2020 #2

No this started with Nixon Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #3

War on drugs fire starter too! Brainfodder Dec 2020 #5

Alternative facts can't be controlled Shermann Dec 2020 #4

What happened to the GOP was the Civil Rights Act. Drunken Irishman Dec 2020 #6

Now, a black VP -- heads explode lettucebe Dec 2020 #7

Black female - 3x explosions Freddie Dec 2020 #11

Billionaires decided an investment in right-wing propaganda networks would yield great dividends Yeehah Dec 2020 #8

Yup. Radicalized for the greed of sociopaths. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #12

BINGO... pbmus Dec 2020 #13

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They let the riff raff in. Tea Party, whacko evangelicals, et al. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2020 #10