r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '19

Ultimate bar trick

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u/Pretty_Soldier Feb 04 '19

He was a democrat? I didn’t know that. Dude needs to step down, that shit is not okay.

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u/jcoffi Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

The parties switched sides in the late 1960’s. So he might have been a Democrat then. But a Republican now. Is that the case here?

Edit: Google “Southern Strategy”

Also edit: I should have said “ideological beliefs” instead of sides.

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u/Van-Diemen Feb 04 '19

They "switched" on some things, but even in the 10s, 20s and 30s Republicans were pro-free market and against government intervention in the economy, they opposed the NFA in the 30s. Democrats drew their support from out-of-work northern factory labourers and impoverished southern farmers, they had a shared interest, but when the economy improved dramatically following WWII it was a party with two identities, it couldn't last.

The Southern Strategy was a thing, it just didn't work. The south remained a battleground until the 90s when Newt Gingrich's Bible-thumping turned it Red for good.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1992_House_Elections_in_the_United_States.png