[Pokesan]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Good post. Lots of new information for me and I'll take your word on all of it.

That said, I do not think the conclusion that "ideologies switched" is necessarily accurate. While some or even most components may have swapped, the openly racist platform of past Democratic Party was not adopted by the Republican Party. The southern democrat voter shift can most reasonably be explained as a product of contempt for the passage of the civil rights act, inaccurately credited to the Democratic Party.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182

gadzooks!