What you ignore in your analysis is Barry Goldwater’s candidacy in 1964 was openly hostile to civil rights legislation. That’s what estranged black voters from the Republican party that election cycle, and Nixon’s Southern Strategy finished the job. The Great Society programs weren’t in place at that time, and in fact Goldwater’s trouncing is what made their passage possible, not the other way around.
As would be any person who believes in not exceeding constitutional authority. FedZilla actually has no authority to implement these programs. Unfortunately for him, his principled opposition was portrayed by the Left-Wing media as blatant racism.
That’s what estranged black voters from the Republican party that election cycle, and Nixon’s Southern Strategy finished the job.
Black votes for Nixon more than doubled from Goldwater's election of 1964. It went from 6% to 15%.
The Great Society programs weren’t in place at that time, and in fact Goldwater’s trouncing is what made their passage possible, not the other way around.
Johnson started the year out (on January 8, 1964) talking about the War on Poverty
The actual programs didn't have to be in place for them to have their effect. The mere promise of opening the coffers and sending money to help all the poor folk is enough to motivate people to vote for it to see if it happens. Back in those days, people believed the Government when it said it was going to do something.
This is exactly what doomed Greek Democracy. In fact, this is what always dooms Democracy.