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[[Image:1968 PresidentialElection.jpg|right|thumb|400px|1968 electoral map. [[The South]] was carried by Democrat Gov. Geo. Wallace of Alabama who ran on a 3rd party ticket. In 1972 Nixon carried every state in the Union except [[Massachusetts]] against a radical extreme socialist. Massachusetts was the home state of Nixon's 1960 presidential rival, [[John Kennedy]].]]
[[Image:1968 PresidentialElection.jpg|right|thumb|400px|1968 electoral map. [[The South]] was carried by Democrat Gov. Geo. Wallace of Alabama who ran on a 3rd party ticket. In 1972 Nixon carried every state in the Union except [[Massachusetts]] against a radical extreme socialist. Massachusetts was the home state of Nixon's 1960 presidential rival, [[John Kennedy]].]]
The '''Southern strategy''' is a [[leftwing]] [[conspiracy theory]] that alleges [[Richard Nixon]] tried to court traditional [[racist]] [[The South]]ern [[Democrats]] 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]].
The '''Southern strategy''' is a [[leftwing]] [[conspiracy theory]] that alleges [[Richard Nixon]] tried to court traditional [[racist]] [[The South|South]]ern [[Democrats]] 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 nominated Sen. Tom Eagleton of [[Missouri]], a [[slave]] state. Eagleton was booted from the ticket after the convention for [[mental health]] problems and replaced with an Easterner and Kennedy in-law. In the 1972 November General Election, for the first time in almost 40 years Democrats did not have a Southerner on the ticket, and Southerners (along with the rest of the country) overwhelmingly 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.
In 1972, the Democrats nominated Sen. Tom Eagleton of [[Missouri]], a [[slave]] state. Eagleton was booted from the ticket after the convention for [[mental health]] problems and replaced with an Easterner and Kennedy in-law. In the 1972 November General Election, for the first time in almost 40 years Democrats did not have a Southerner on the ticket, and Southerners (along with the rest of the country) overwhelmingly 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.