All Along The Watchtower
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« on: February 23, 2014, 03:45:17 AM » |
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I do wonder how much of the Democrats' collapse among white Southerners has been a combination of old white Democrats dying off, whites who came of age in the 50s/60s and onward being an especially strong Republican bloc in the South (for a number of reasons), the shrinking of rural areas and the growth of suburbs and exurbs, the influence of the Religious Right in politics at every level of government, and finally, the remaining white Democrats being a downscale, low turnout type.
Basically, all of these contribute, IMO. There are other reasons o/c. The nature of race relations in the South as they relate to politics, the growth of non union
industries and white collar professional services, the corresponding collapse of the New Deal political tradition...all of these matter.
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