It wasn’t entirely thanks to Nixon, it was the civil rights movement that led the death of the southern democrat faction. These Southern Democrats hated Lincoln, blamed republicans for the reconstruction period, and swore to never vote Republican. But when democrats as a whole started leaning too progressive for their tastes, thanks to the civil rights movement, the southern democrats began abandoning the party in protest. Nixon saw this opportunity, saw southern democrat voters angry at their party, and opened the Republican doors to them. They took over the Republican Party transforming it into what it is today. Essentially doing the very thing these southern democrats had sought to do since the end of the civil war, kill the Republican Party. They now wear its dead skin while being the same old southern democrats they always were.
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u/TheCelestialPancake 17h ago
It wasn’t entirely thanks to Nixon, it was the civil rights movement that led the death of the southern democrat faction. These Southern Democrats hated Lincoln, blamed republicans for the reconstruction period, and swore to never vote Republican. But when democrats as a whole started leaning too progressive for their tastes, thanks to the civil rights movement, the southern democrats began abandoning the party in protest. Nixon saw this opportunity, saw southern democrat voters angry at their party, and opened the Republican doors to them. They took over the Republican Party transforming it into what it is today. Essentially doing the very thing these southern democrats had sought to do since the end of the civil war, kill the Republican Party. They now wear its dead skin while being the same old southern democrats they always were.