2024 US Presidential Elections Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

But it definitely seems true that the American right, much like people here, vastly overstate how much it an issue it actually is.

What would be the accurate statement of how much of an issue it really is?

[crazy canuck]

If Neil was still here he would probably ban BB for disrespecting Nixon by suggesting the Southern shift toward the Republicans occurred in the 80s.

BB - read up on the Southern Strategy.

[Valmy]

If Neil was still here he would probably ban BB for disrespecting Nixon by suggesting the Southern shift toward the Republicans occurred in the 80s.

BB - read up on the Southern Strategy.

There is this weird thing in American political history for 1948-1976 to just go right down the memory hole. People even in the 1990s were acting like the Democrats had just lost the support of the Solid South, presumably because of being out of touch liberals, despite this happening because of something Harry Truman did.

Carter winning over the Southerners with his Southern Baptist ways I guess meant people thought the Democrats had built back the Solid South for good despite it being a one time thing. And again Carter still lost Virginia.