Southern Strategy

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The Southern Strategy was a Republican Party electoral approach that sought to gain political support in the American South by appealing to white voters’ racial resentments and opposition to civil rights reforms.

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Generate an image of the Southern Strategy (The Southern Strategy was a Republican Party electoral approach that sought to gain political support in the American South by appealing to white voters’ racial resentments and opposition to civil rights reforms.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral strategy ⓘ
political strategy ⓘ
aimedAtVoterGroup segregationist white voters ⓘ
white voters in the American South ⓘ
appliedInRegion American South ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
associatedWithAdvisor Harry Dent ⓘ
Kevin Phillips ⓘ
Lee Atwater ⓘ
associatedWithPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
associatedWithPolitician Barry Goldwater ⓘ
Richard Nixon ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ
communicationStyle dog-whistle politics ⓘ
racially coded messaging ⓘ
consequence decline of the Democratic Party in the Deep South ⓘ
long-term partisan realignment in the South ⓘ
rise of Republican dominance in Southern presidential elections ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor exploiting racial divisions ⓘ
institutionalizing racial resentment in party politics ⓘ
undermining civil rights progress ⓘ
documentedIn political science literature on U.S. party realignment ⓘ
hasLegacy modern Republican electoral strategies in the South ⓘ
ongoing debates about race and partisanship in the United States ⓘ
historicalContext Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
desegregation of schools ⓘ
motivatedBy opposition to civil rights reforms ⓘ
opposition to racial integration ⓘ
racial resentment ⓘ
politicalGoal build a Republican electoral majority ⓘ
realign party coalitions in the South ⓘ
shift white Southern voters from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party ⓘ
relatedTo conservative movement in the United States ⓘ
party realignment in the United States ⓘ
racial politics in the United States ⓘ
significantPeriod 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
startTime 1960s ⓘ
tactic appeals to states’ rights ⓘ
coded racial language ⓘ
emphasis on law and order ⓘ
opposition to busing for school desegregation ⓘ
opposition to federal intervention in local affairs ⓘ
usedInElection 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
1972 United States presidential election ⓘ
1980 United States presidential election ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Republicans → linkedEvent → Southern Strategy ⓘ
Nixon administration → hasPolicy → Southern strategy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Strategy
Nixon 1972 presidential campaign → strategy → Southern strategy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Strategy
Harry Dent → notableFor → Southern Strategy ⓘ
Kevin Phillips → subjectOf → Southern Strategy ⓘ
The Emerging Republican Majority → associatedWith → Southern Strategy ⓘ
Solid South → relatedToConcept → Southern Strategy ⓘ