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Southern Strategy card
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|Nixon's Southern Strategy card
|implies Richard Nixon appealed to Southern Democrats and racists after Lyndon Johnson passed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].
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|labels Southerners as racist.
|ignores the fact that (1) Richard Nixon did not carry the South; a Democrat, [[George Wallace]] recieved 49 [[electoral votes]] exclusively from the South; and (2) passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was entirely dependent on Republican votes with Democrats in both houses voting against passage.<ref>Final tally in the House among Republicans was 138 to 34; Democrats 152-96; in the Senate 21 Democrats voted against passage while only 6 Repubicans opposed. [http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/12/13/194350.shtml]</ref>
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Total number of cards: 36, out of a goal of 52.
Total number of cards: 37, out of a goal of 52.
==Notes==
==Notes==