With respect to the 1960s and the era when the parties are rumored to have "switched sides" ''en masse'', a review of the senators and governors at the time tells a completely different story.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/08/myth-republican-racism-mona-charen/ The Myth of Republican Racism]</ref> Since the end of [[Reconstruction]] in 1874 and 1967, Arkansas had no Republican governors; in the 53 years after 1967, Republicans have only occupied the governorship for 17 years. In fact, since the founding of the GOP until 2020, Republicans have only occupied the governors office in Arkansas for 21 out of 152 years. During the 93 years of an unbroken string of Democrat governors from 1874 until 1967, Democrat terrorists committed at least 237 known [[lynching]]s.<ref>http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5467/</ref> | With respect to the 1960s and the era when the parties are rumored to have "switched sides" ''en masse'', a review of the senators and governors at the time tells a completely different story.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/08/myth-republican-racism-mona-charen/ The Myth of Republican Racism]</ref> Since the end of [[Reconstruction]] in 1874 and 1967, Arkansas had no Republican governors; in the 53 years after 1967, Republicans have only occupied the governorship for 17 years. In fact, since the founding of the GOP until 2020, Republicans have only occupied the governors office in Arkansas for 21 out of 152 years. During the 93 years of an unbroken string of Democrat governors from 1874 until 1967, Democrat terrorists committed at least 237 known [[lynching]]s.<ref>http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5467/</ref> |