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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 [[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 nominated Sen. [[Tom Eagleton]] of [[Missouri]], a [[slave]] state. Eagleton was booted from the ticket After the convention for [[mental health]] problems and replace with an Easterner and Kennedy in-law. In the November General Election, or the first time in 40 years Democrats did not have a Southerner 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]] - which incentivized  out-of-wedlock children - was designed to entice Blacks back 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 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 November General Election, or the first time in 40 years Democrats did not have a Southerner 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]] - which incentivized  out-of-wedlock children - was designed to entice Blacks back 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>