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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>

In certain districts it should be noted that the mountainous areas of eastern Tennessee and the Ozark Mountain region of Arkansas, during the Democrat "Solid South" days, have voted reliably Republican since before the Civil War (as an example, the 2nd Congressional District of Tennessee has voted Republican in every Congressional election since before the Civil War; the neighboring 1st District has only voted Democrat twice in this same period, both times in the 1870s).  This is because both areas were not suited to plantation farming and the accompanying Democrat [[slave power]].  Even with the shift in party support in the South, these areas remain solid Republican.<ref name="Dixiecrat Myth"/>

It should be noted that the Congressional districts representing eastern Tennessee and northern Arkansas, during the Democrat "Solid South" days, voted reliably Republican and have since before the Civil War; as examples, the two Congressional Districts of Tennessee representing eastern Tennessee have voted Republican in every Congressional election since before the Civil War (with the exception of the 1st District electing a Democrat twice in the 1870's; the 2nd District's voting record is unbroken).  This is because both areas were mountainous and thus not suited to plantation farming and the accompanying Democrat [[slave power]].  The shift in party loyalty from Democrat to Republican within the rest of the South had no change on party loyalty in these areas; they remain solidly Republican.<ref name="Dixiecrat Myth"/>

[[File:Fulbright.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Former Sen. [[James William Fulbright]] of [[Arkansas]], a noted segregationist, represents many aspects of the modern-day [[Democratic Party]] beyond racism; favoring globalist policies, promoting [[anti-Zionism]], and especially becoming increasingly liberal over time. His legacy received the praise of [[Bill Clinton]].]]

[[File:Fulbright.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Former Sen. [[James William Fulbright]] of [[Arkansas]], a noted segregationist, represents many aspects of the modern-day [[Democratic Party]] beyond racism; favoring globalist policies, promoting [[anti-Zionism]], and especially becoming increasingly liberal over time. His legacy received the praise of [[Bill Clinton]].]]