I’ll see if I can find those pieces. I found them surprisingly persuasive. They made me rethink the conventional wisdom of the party switch. I’ve lived in the South my whole life and what I find is that the Republican party down here is Reaganesque, not Rooseveltian, which constitutes an ideological break with the political thinking of earlier white Democrats. Also, Republicans here are not racist, although they understand that cultural problems exist that correlate to some degree with race. If you want to find a real racist, go find an old yellow dog Democrat who votes Democrat because his daddy and granddaddy and great granddaddy voted Democrat. Those guys have mostly died off at this point but a few linger in pockets here and there.
yeah...I agree with that...Most have indeed died or are in nursing homes driving the staff crazy..I have witnessed it.
Here, much of the cities population who are still diehard dem voters are not actually liberal, but their families have always voted dem because of Roosevelt so that is why I call them that.
However, It has changed to the point that there are now republicans running in local elections and that was not the case 10 years ago. Some of these republicans would have been too young to vote for Reagan.
It's my hope that the youth we have now are not lost causes to socialism. I try to talk to them when I get the opportunity.