The Southern Strategy goal was to make it so you didn’t have to use fraud to stay in power. You can even abuse the people who put you there, and they’ll still keep you there loyally.
They were prepared to do all sorts of things, but it turned out it wasn’t necessary. American voters behaved just as they have been trained to. I think some Republicans might have been shocked how easy it was too, after the celebrating and once they looked back.
The Southern Strategy goal was to make it so you didn’t have to use fraud to stay in power. You can even abuse the people who put you there, and they’ll still keep you there loyally.
They were prepared to do all sorts of things, but it turned out it wasn’t necessary. American voters behaved just as they have been trained to. I think some Republicans might have been shocked how easy it was too, after the celebrating and once they looked back.