2 chapters across the catalog
Carol Swain presents facts to dismantle the Southern Strategy myth, noting that 20 of the 21 Democratic senators who opposed the Civil Rights Act remained Democrats. She points out that Democrats like Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton continued to sweep the South decades after the 1964 Act. Republicans did not hold a majority of Southern congressional seats until 1994, thirty years after the realignment supposedly occurred.
A YouTube clip from Black Public Media explores why "black folks don't vote Republican," citing a lack of trust and the influence of "extreme conservatism" since Barry Goldwater. Participants in the clip describe black Republicans as "closeted" or "cray cray." The hosts argue that this shows the success of political programming and the social stigma attached to breaking the Democratic monolith.
