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The '''Southern strategy''' is a [[Democrat]] [[conspiracy theory]] that alleges [[Richard Nixon]] carried Southern states in the [[1968 presidential election]] in the wake of the Republican [[1964 Civil Rights Act]]. In fact, [[the South]] was carried by Democrat [[renegade]] [[George C. Wallace]]. In 1972, the Democrats for the first time in 40 years did not have a Southern on the ticket, and Southerners overwhelming rejected two Northern [[liberal]]s at the top of their ticket. In 1976, 1992, 1996, 2008, and 2012 the South returned to the Democrat fold. After the end of [[Jim Crow]] laws in the mid 1960s, the South became increasingly Republican as it became less racist. The [[War on Poverty]] enticed Blacks onto the [[Democrat plantation]].
The '''Southern strategy''' is a [[Democrat]] [[conspiracy theory]] that alleges [[Richard Nixon]] carried Southern states in the [[1968 presidential election]] in the wake of the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]]. In fact, [[the South]] was carried by Democrat [[renegade]] [[George C. Wallace]]. In 1972, the Democrats for the first time in 40 years did not have a Southern on the ticket, and Southerners overwhelming rejected two Northern [[liberal]]s at the top of their ticket. In 1976, 1992, 1996, 2008, and 2012 the South returned to the Democrat fold. After the end of [[Jim Crow]] laws in the mid 1960s, the South became increasingly Republican as it became less racist. The [[War on Poverty]] enticed Blacks onto the [[Democrat plantation]].
In the movie ''[[Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time?]]'', [[Dinesh D'Souza]] points out that this alleged strategy was actually one of winning the support of the [[Sun Belt]] rather than the Deep South.<ref>D'Souza, Dinesh (August 23, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/402754-the-myth-of-nixons-southern-strategy The myth of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 23, 2018.</ref>
In the movie ''[[Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time?]]'', [[Dinesh D'Souza]] points out that this alleged strategy was actually one of winning the support of the [[Sun Belt]] rather than the Deep South.<ref>D'Souza, Dinesh (August 23, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/402754-the-myth-of-nixons-southern-strategy The myth of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 23, 2018.</ref>