On Jun 13, 2012, at 10:29 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
>> You know that the Kluxes were out of the Southern Democratic Party right?
>
> And yet for some reason, blacks are mostly linked (in favor of/to) the
> Democratic Party. Go figure.
In the South, the Democrats were the primary racist party, as they
still held a grudge against Lincoln, who was a Republican. Up until the 60s,
southern blacks did not vote more for one party than the other (when they were
allowed to vote at all). In the north, the Democrats were the party of the New
Deal, voting rights, anti-segregation, etc., and northern blacks were
overwhelmingly Democratic voters.
Then along came the "Southern Strategy", popularized in Nixon's
campaign, which was designed to play upon racist fears following the Democrats'
embracing of civil rights. This turned the white south solidly Republican, and
the black south solidly Democratic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
-- Ed Leafe
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