This is a breakdown of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by Region/Party
North/West (Votes For)
Democrats 95% (189-9)
Republicans 85% (164-29)
South (Votes Against)
Democrats 8% (9-103)
Republicans 0% (0-12)
Current Republicans like to use the Civil War and the Civil Rights votes as their calling card in 2018 the year of our Lord, as their claim to supporting minorities/blacks ( I don't think there is anything more current they can point to).
Well the Civil War and the Civil Rights votes were both about region (North and West versus the South). If you were from the South you opposed the Civil Rights legislation and participated in the filibuster. If you were from the North or West you supported the legislation. Confederacy states were opposed to it and were represented by Democrats back then.
Those same Confederacy states are now solidly represented by Republicans now. The Dixiecrats left the Democrats after the Civil Rights votes. They were replaced by Republicans in the representation of the South. The current Republican party gets miniscule support from Blacks because the party represents the South and the mindset that turns blacks off.
Blacks have always supported the Party that is not aligned with the South. Period. Blacks don't care about what Northern Republicans did in 1863. They are about what Southern Republicans are doing in 2018.
This post was prompted by my reading for the 1,000th time about how Republicans (Northern at the time) freed the slaves.
North/West (Votes For)
Democrats 95% (189-9)
Republicans 85% (164-29)
South (Votes Against)
Democrats 8% (9-103)
Republicans 0% (0-12)
Current Republicans like to use the Civil War and the Civil Rights votes as their calling card in 2018 the year of our Lord, as their claim to supporting minorities/blacks ( I don't think there is anything more current they can point to).
Well the Civil War and the Civil Rights votes were both about region (North and West versus the South). If you were from the South you opposed the Civil Rights legislation and participated in the filibuster. If you were from the North or West you supported the legislation. Confederacy states were opposed to it and were represented by Democrats back then.
Those same Confederacy states are now solidly represented by Republicans now. The Dixiecrats left the Democrats after the Civil Rights votes. They were replaced by Republicans in the representation of the South. The current Republican party gets miniscule support from Blacks because the party represents the South and the mindset that turns blacks off.
Blacks have always supported the Party that is not aligned with the South. Period. Blacks don't care about what Northern Republicans did in 1863. They are about what Southern Republicans are doing in 2018.
This post was prompted by my reading for the 1,000th time about how Republicans (Northern at the time) freed the slaves.
