That's what the expression "yellow-dog Democrat" came from, someone saying "I would vote for a damn yellow dog as long as it was a Democrat" Unlike voters who voted based on economic issues, which tend to shift with time and circumstance, votes based on racism were fixed
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That loyalty stuck around even as the parties slowly shifted their position on civil rights, that's why LBJ said the Civil Rights Act was the final blow that would "lose the South for a generation", and even then it was still a process
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Like, that's where the term a "Blue Dog" comes from, a "yellow dog Democrat" who was "left out in the cold" by the Dems' shift to the left
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the republicans are the worlds worst band and they are simply the most devoted groupies . its as much about being "together" as it is about the music or whatever
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I mean, much like a few real-life bands, it's about being racist
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