Interesting read and never heard of it before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
Pretty shady if you ask me...
Interesting read and never heard of it before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
Pretty shady if you ask me...
Rove knocked out McCain in 2000 by spreading a push poll in South Carolina implying he has a black child.
The "South" as the Census bureau considers it
1968 electoral college results, when Nixon was employing said strategy. The blue Texas is a fine example of the spoiler effect in action. Wallace (who ran on an anti-desegregation platform) took 18% of the vote, mostly from Nixon, and thus allowed Humphrey to take the state with 41% of the vote. This percentage has remained about the same (plus or minus a few percentage points) ever since except in 1976, where Carter took Texas 51-48, by dint of being a southerner (Georgian) himself.
Electoral college results last year
As far as the south goes, looks pretty similar, other than the Virginias switching and Florida going blue by a narrow margin.
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Yea, it's sad to see that many people are just blatantly racist. I mean the stupid, ignorant racism of course.. stereotypes and the attitude that these people don't belong here and should go back to Africa. On the other hand apologists and excessive political correctness is even worse, things like calling people racist for not voting Obama or for putting a black man in jail for stealing instead of apologizing to him about hes ancestors being slave and letting him leave with the spoils.
So yeah.. it depends on how you look at it. For example I oppose all special rights programs for minorities or excessive anti racism like punishing for bad words and wouldn't vote for a party who would be likely to do such things. Treat everyone as equal, whether they apply for a job or have committed a crime but if you expect me to apologize because my great granddaddy had a slave.. forget about it.
In my experience the north is more segregated then the south as far as the make up of different neighborhoods being based on ethnicity. Also at least we don't chant racist slogans at sporting events as Europeans are known for at soccer matches so who really is more racist?
It's funny the view some people have of the south when I work with Indians, Black Africans, and Eastern Europeans. I mean this area has lots of high tech companies but apparently we're just stupid racist rednecks to some ignorant people.
Last edited by matt4pack; 2013-07-17 at 04:19 PM.
This topic in a nutshell:
Anybody who lives in the south or votes Republican is a racist.
So basically, without equivocation, you all have reduced two entire groups of people to one damming characteristic. Its so ironic that, uhm, that's exactly what ACTUAL racism is.
/shrug
Stereotypes certainly run true for some areas... like the south and racism. I didn't enjoy the south much.
Interesting thing about racism, people in America have a 1st amendment right to be racist if they so choose. Not that I agree with it, simply stating that it is not and can never be illegal to be racist.
As long as you are not harming or threatening anyone, you have a right to say whatever the hell you please. It is and always will be legal to be racist in America. I'm not saying I agree with racism here, just saying people have a 1st amendment right to say what they want.
The southern strategy of today is expanded to a more diverse set of beliefs. GOP candidates have been more than happy to adamantly express their reactionary opposition to gay rights, women's rights, immigration problems (mexicans), and the secular nature of this country.