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| − | The '''Southern strategy''' was the method [[Richard Nixon]] used to win support for the [[Republican Party]] from the south.<ref>US Government and Politics</ref> The modern [[RNC]] has apologized <ref> | + | The '''Southern strategy''' was the method [[Richard Nixon]] used to win support for the [[Republican Party]] from the south.<ref>US Government and Politics</ref> The strategy called for courting votes from "negrophobes". <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/books/phillips-southern.pdf</ref> The modern [[RNC]] has apologized <ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-14-GOP-racial-politics_x.htm</ref> to the [[NAACP]] for the strategy and its continued use through the 1980s and 90s. <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/13/AR2005071302342.html</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:58, June 19, 2008
The Southern strategy was the method Richard Nixon used to win support for the Republican Party from the south.[1] The strategy called for courting votes from "negrophobes". [2] The modern RNC has apologized [3] to the NAACP for the strategy and its continued use through the 1980s and 90s. [4]