Why did the South switch parties?

[hopper]

Its not as simple as a Black/White thing I don't think. After the 1994 Republican Revolution some Conservative Dems in the US House felt more in line with Republicans on fiscal issues I guess. Many Southern State Legislatures didn't switch over to Republican Control till the Y2era as the Virginia State Legislature was the first Southern State to switch over to complete Republican Control in 2000. The State Senate was in Spilt Control in 1996-1997 as the 2 parties agreed to  "Power Sharing Control" as the Dems retained a slim majority in the" House Of Delegates" 52D-47R, and 1I. In 1998-1999 the Republicans gained control of the State Senate and the 2 parties were tied in "The House of Delegates" 50D-49R, and 1I but the Dems retained the Speakership through another "Power Sharing Agreement".

It is fact that alot of White Evangelicals switched over to Reagan in 1980 after supporting Carter in 1976. They felt Carter was a failure.

[hopper]

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2. In 1964, a Democratic President (LBJ) pushed through a civil rights law, which alienated many white Southerners; after this, white Southerners voted Republican in every Presidential election, including 1976 (in which black voters allowed Carter to carry many Southern states despite losing whites quite handily, especially in MS/AL).

Yeah but Carter only lost Whites to Ford by a 5 point margin(52-47%) and Ford did win 16% of the Black Vote which is a pretty high % of the Black Vote nationally for a Republican after 1964-present day.