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13. Short, and very simple answer of what happened

Wed Dec 29, 2021, 02:04 PM

Dec 2021

In 1956 there was not a single Republican statewide official in the 11 states that had comprised the Confederacy. That was the 'Solid South' that was in an uncomfortable alliance with labor, urban areas and Catholics.
Nixon's Southern Strategy convinced those white Southerners (who were that only Southerners who could vote at that time) that the Democrats were the party of desegregation, and during the 60's and 70's (especially after the 1964 Civil Rights Act) they migrated quickly to the GOP. By the time of Reagan the parties had re-aligned: The Democrats were the party of Civil Rights; the Republicans were the party of white racism.

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1956 Republican Platform- What Happened? [View all] packman Dec 2021 OP

I used to vote religiously for Everett Dirksen. The last Republican I ever voted for. Midnight Writer Dec 2021 #1

Richard Nixon. Then Barry Goldwater. ColinC Dec 2021 #2

What the heck was the Dem Party platform that year? Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #3

Probably very similar. Elessar Zappa Dec 2021 #5

My Dad was always an ardent Democrat. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #7

Here's a very interesting read n the Democratic platform from 1956. Lonestarblue Dec 2021 #25

Many thanks, very interesting. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #28

The United States no longer is among the top 50 world democracies. pazzyanne Dec 2021 #29

Thank you! I had seen references to our drop but not by how much. Lonestarblue Dec 2021 #30

Greed? Lust for power? CrispyQ Dec 2021 #4

Didn't take long for the GOP to become the party of ruthless sociopaths. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #9

Scratch my response. It was bigotry, pure & simple. CrispyQ Dec 2021 #12

You are right on both counts. The GOP leaders want power and money. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #17

Wow nt XanaDUer2 Dec 2021 #6

Ronald Regan anti stupid Dec 2021 #8

I always wondered why more people didn't get the irony Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #20

ha ya reminds me of a Truman quote anti stupid Dec 2021 #23

That's a good one. Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #27

1964, is when the conservatives reclaimed the party with Goldwater's nomination. The 1964 ShazamIam Dec 2021 #10

Times changed and the MIC got control of our government. It's not about what's good for the jalan48 Dec 2021 #11

Short, and very simple answer of what happened SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #13

Yep, that's what happened. A big instigator of the shift was the issue of busing children to achiev Trailrider1951 Dec 2021 #18

Eisenhower happened. The 1952 one had plenty of wingnut-wish-list but... JHB Dec 2021 #14

at one time the GOP was the anti-slavery party lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #15

In 1956, "people" and "workers" and "communities" meant WHITE people, workers, and communities. zuul Dec 2021 #16

greed is what happened. nt Javaman Dec 2021 #19

The FDR New Deal was immensely popular. The (r)epuglicons had to play along with its tenets erronis Dec 2021 #21

If that really was their platform in 1956 KS Toronado Dec 2021 #22

Voters switching parties over time is what happened. cstanleytech Dec 2021 #24

What happened? Mr. Evil Dec 2021 #26

Seems like a thousand years ago. Codifer Dec 2021 #31