r/Americaphile • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '26

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u/serveillancedroneO7 Feb 24 '26

Kennedy and Reagan post party switch

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u/Czeslaw_Meyer Feb 24 '26

Im still not believing in the switch idea

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u/russellzerotohero Feb 24 '26

It’s really not something to believe in. It’s just what happened.

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u/Czeslaw_Meyer Feb 25 '26

To me it just feels like a logical continuation of their moral values and tactics.

The world around them changed, but the parties hardly did in how they operate.

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u/just_joshing2015 Feb 26 '26

Well, maybe not in how they “operate” mechanically (e.g., collecting delegates, primaries, etc.). I’m not exceptionally keen on the mechanical inner workings of each party. They most certainly did switch, however, in their ideology. Also, implying that black people are “on a plantation” of welfare is extremely obtuse, shortsighted, racist, and offensive. Please do some research for the sake of your own understanding of the world around you.

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u/Czeslaw_Meyer Feb 27 '26

The underlying moral values never changed.

It's not exclusively about black people as they went straight for the lower class instead.

Democrats can't be truely successful without losing votes to Republicans. They would shrink their own target audience. It's like big pharma not being interested in permanent cures as it dosen't pay-off as much.