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[lsanderson]

In the South, a Force to Challenge the G.O.P.


By ADAM NOSSITER and JANNY SCOTT
Published: May 16, 2008

NEW ORLEANS — The sharp surge in black turnout that Senator Barack Obama has helped to generate in recent primaries and Congressional races could signal a threat this fall to the longtime Republican dominance of the South, according to politicians and voting experts. More

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Uhm, no

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Ever since that rascal Johnson, himself a southerner, fought for and won civil rights legilation, the white South has tended to vote Republicans based on the sekrit racist terms & tendencies of Nixon, Reagan, Bush & Bush. It's not been Dixiecrat territory for quite some time.

Re: Uhm, no

[guppiecat]

Ah. I apparently have a different definition of "longtime".

Not surprising, actually.