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Political Ships of Theseus | The Party Switch

2018-09-09

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Over the last century, voting patterns in the US have completely reversed. But it can be narrowed down even further - the Civil Rights movement. What happened? Is the Party Switch a myth?

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Thanks to ProfessorPolitics for explaining Voting Trends:

https://www.youtube.com/c/professorpolitics

https://twitter.com/wildpolinerd

Thanks to Micah Psych for lending his voice:

https://www.youtube.com/c/neurotransmissions

https://twitter.com/micah_psych

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Philosophy Tube on Liberalism -

What Was Liberalism? #1 Ideology & Violence - https://youtu.be/VlLgvSduugI

ContraPoints on Segregation -

Baltimore: Anatomy of an Uprising - https://youtu.be/8r6GBo_7UNc

PragerU on the Party Switch -

Why Did the Democratic South Become Republican? - https://youtu.be/UiprVX4os2Y

The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party - https://youtu.be/g_a7dQXilCo

The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party - https://youtu.be/OURy5WFp0zk

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https://www.senate.gov/CRSpubs/617f17bb-61e9-40bb-b301-50f48fd239fc.pdf

[African American Members of Congress]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1948-democratic-convention-878284/

[Humphrey Speech]

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=25988

[LBJ Speech]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/28/republicans-party-of-civil-rights

[Civil Rights of 1964 vote breakdown]

http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2952

[George Wallace Speech]

https://amgreatness.com/2018/07/29/the-switch-that-never-happened-how-the-south-really-went-gop/

[Dinesh D'Souzas "The Switch That Never Happened"]

http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Essays/Keeping-the-Faith/Civil-Rights-Movement/

[Civil Rights History in Congress]

https://books.google.com/books/about/Inside_the_White_House.html?id=lJz-yIZNE2sC

[LBJ "Quote" - Page 33]

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/17/archives/nixons-southern-strategy-its-all-in-the-charts.html

[Nixon and the Southern Strategy]

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Video Credits -

Address before Joint Session of Congress, 11/27/63. MP505. - TheLBJLibrary - https://youtu.be/LF0TxpxIMA0

George Wallace 1963 Inauguration Address - Alabama Department of Archives & History - https://youtu.be/_RC0EjsUbDU

Trump: I am the most militaristic person on your show - Face the Nation - https://youtu.be/qI7MmOLnDHY

All the Way (2016)

Photo Credits -

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/President_and_Mrs._Kennedy_in_motorcade%2C_03_May_1961.jpg

http://media.factmyth.com/2017/03/solid-south-presidential-votes.png

Music Credits -

"Furious Freak" and "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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