Reply #19: Southern Strategy [View All]

[WillyBrandt]

But what brought the rural white males into the GOP flock? Many of them were formerly part of the New Deal Coalition that dominated American politics for a long time.

Well, more than anything, the 1964 Civil Rights Act. LBJ, the great and very flawed man, said that passing the act would bury the Party for a generation.

As Dixiecrats became Republicans, the GOP got a hold on a huge section of these folks. At this point, it has largely become cultural identification.

However, if you read The Emerging Democratic Majority, you'll see that ever so slowly the working class over all spectrums, including I believe rural white males, is leaning ever more Democratic as time goes on. Racism continues its long, slow death. The Democratic Party is finally beginning its long, slow rebirth.