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The '''Southern strategy''' was the method [[Richard Nixon]] used to win support for the [[Republican Party]] from the south.<ref>US Government and Politics</ref> The strategy called for courting votes from "negrophobes". <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/books/phillips-southern.pdf</ref> The modern [[RNC]] has apologized <ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-14-GOP-racial-politics_x.htm</ref> to the [[NAACP]] for the strategy and its continued use through the 1980s and 90s. <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/13/AR2005071302342.html</ref>
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The '''Southern strategy''' is a path to the [[White House]] by winning support in the [[South]] rather than the media centers of [[Boston]] and [[New York City]].
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[[Liberals]], repeatedly unpopular in the South, have tried to attribute this strategy to racial politics. The reality is that liberals have always played the [[political card|racist card]] far more often than [[Republicans]] do.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:44, March 7, 2012

The Southern strategy is a path to the White House by winning support in the South rather than the media centers of Boston and New York City.

Liberals, repeatedly unpopular in the South, have tried to attribute this strategy to racial politics. The reality is that liberals have always played the racist card far more often than Republicans do.

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