The Southern Strategy was real. But it had two parts. On was a Presidential electoral politics. You don't have to like what was accomplished. But it was political genius in shifting how Presidential elections changed by it.
The other part, which proggies like to ignore is what happened In the states. Since Imsaid it already, I'll re-post it for you.
Who represent your state in Congress, your district Jaylan? Who is your governor? A bunch of old white dudes.
You didnt disprove anything I said.
I originally stated that the strong blue South became strong red largely in part to the Civil Rights Movement and LBJs support of the Civil Rights Act. You said that no politicians switched parties over this. I brought up the fact that Strom Thurmond was a famous example of a well known politician switching parties due to his racism and displeasure over the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Thats pretty much all there is to say. You can try to steer the conversation into another direction. But I just laid out the linear replay of our exchange. I made a claim, you said it wasn't true. I backed up my claim with more facts. Now what? There's plenty of evidence supporting what Ive stated.
So maybe we should just move on and not end up quibbling over semantics or attempted derailments.
PS - As a left leaning American living in the Northeast, my area is represented by a whole lot of people in State and Federal legislature who are not "old white dudes", as you put it.