Politico: How Dems can catpure Dixie (again)

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I have seen several articles on how the Democrats should take back the South. In my mind the biggest question is why. Florida, Virginia and North Carolina are already competitive in presidential elections. They don’t need any sort of “Southern Strategy” to win those states. The Democrats don’t really need Dixie to win.

Then there’s the idea that they might win places like Arkansas and Tennessee, if only they ran more “populist” or “culturally conservative” candidates. The problem is that the Republicans will be able to run even more populist or socially conservative candidates. If the Democrats actually managed to become a natural choice for white conservative Southerners, they would probably alienate some other constituencies, who would turn to the Republicans instead.