Speculation: in 1950s right intellectuals looking for a mass movement to hitch wagon to. Southern resistance to Civil rights fit the bill.
@pashulman Yeah, I think that's the broad political context but as late as 1963 wasn't obvious that GOP would so fully embrace Dixiecrats.
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@HeerJeet That's right; but it was also a long and gradual process of making a new home. Voting R was unthinkable in much of the South;Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet for a long time there was vote splitting for state Ds would supported segregation and nat'l Rs who pledged to not get involved.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I think the success of the R embrace of states rights was it spoke to disaffected Ds in the south, anti-enviro in west,Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet and anti-business regulation/New Deal/welfare state folks everywhere. -
@pashulman Yeah, it's a great umbrella ideology.
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