Why Did the Democratic South Become Republican?

[Captain Obvious]

The DNC is the party of slavery.

They created literal slavery. When that was taken away from them they implemented socioecononic slavery administered through ignorance and designed social dysfunction.

[Chris]

Wrong! Barry Goldater ran against LBJ in 1964, and took all the Southern States plus Arizona
Then Nixon won with his southern strategy about "forced bussing, and big, mean black dudes hiding in the alleyway! Racial fear campaign!

Odd, Goldwater won only 5 Southern states and Nixon, who invented the so-called Southern Strategy, lost most of the south in 1968.

[Mister D]

Wrong! Barry Goldater ran against LBJ in 1964, and took all the Southern States plus Arizona
Then Nixon won with his southern strategy about "forced bussing, and big, mean black dudes hiding in the alleyway! Racial fear campaign!

That's nice.

See what I mean folks? He should take a close look at the Congressional elections throughout the 70s, 80s and into the 90s. Man, it sure took those southern racists a long time to abandon the Democrats.

[Mister D]

Odd, Goldwater won only 5 Southern states and Nixon, who invented the so-called Southern Strategy, lost most of the south in 1968.

This is their way out. They insist it's just a Presidential election phenomenon bu then that robs the idea of whatever merit they thought it had.

[Chris]

Religion, the military and cultural issues come to mind. The Democrats gradually became associated with an elite "liberalism" (used in the American manner) that was largely incompatible with southern mores.

OK, religion, because Carter, who won on a large religious vote, was such a disappointment the religious turned right. True on the rest.

[Chris]

This is their way out. They insist it's just a Presidential election phenomenon bu then that robs the idea of whatever merit they thought it had.

Right, the point in the video was the Southern Senate was Democrat till the 90s.

[Mister D]

OK, religion, because Carter, who won on a ;large religious vote, was such a disappointment the religious turned right.

Chris, we're talking about a party that went from championing the working (white) man to championing transgender bathroom rights.

[Mister D]

Right, the point in the video was the Southern Senate was Democrat till the 90s.

Yup. We see the general southern drift toward the GOP in the mid 1990s.

[Hoosier8]

The southern route to the GOP mainly came around the south picking up manufacturing and a lot of people from the north moving south.

it should be noted that Al Gore's racist father and Al Gore never droped the Democratic Party.

[Chris]

The southern route to the GOP mainly came around the south picking up manufacturing and a lot of people from the north moving south.

it should be noted that Al Gore's racist father and Al Gore never droped the Democratic Party.

Manufacturing moved south starting right after WWII, leaving the north a rust belt.