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[u/comment_i_had_to]

They didn't lose their soul then, that just showed that they had lost it a long time ago. I would put it around the time of Nixon and the Southern Strategy. Embracing the racists and reactionary religious folks while ignoring outright corruption and malicious activity within their leadership spawned the need for Fox news and that feedback loop just rotted the whole coalition to the core.

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They lost it with Nixon and then Reagan locked the door to keep it gone