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Originally posted by enlightenment06
what's so off about that questions? Did not alot of Southern Democrats jump to the Republican party in response to liberalism of the 1960's? Isn't Strom Thurmond credited for being one of the first Democrats to lead the party switch?
also Nixon's "Southern Strategy" which was coded language appealing to White racists?
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It can be argued that LBJ is the one responsible for driving so many Democrats to the Republican party in the 1960s. When the Great Society legislation went through, LBJ commented that he knew that he was probably crippling the Democratic party in the South.
The "liberalism" of the 1960s was not really liberalism, it was social-democracy (watered down socialism.) At times, it was very illiberal, and very heavy-handed.