Study: The KKK helped Republicans win the South

Study: The KKK helped Republicans win the South In 1960, the American South mostly voted for Democratic candidates and was solidly Democratic at the congressional level. By 2000, it was solidly Republican in presidential politics and mostly Republican at the congressional level. The transformation, clearly, had something to do with race and the Civil Rights Movement. But a provocative new paper suggests that Ku Klux Klan activity — as opposed to the broader phenomenon of racism — played a small but meaningful role in the process. Counties with more Klan activity saw a more dramatic shift toward the GOP, a shift that stands up to a range of reasonable statistical controls and suggests that the Klan was really a difference maker.

Study: The KKK helped Republicans win the South

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Mikhael said:

"Professing to be wise, they became fools" - Paul of Tarsus

What a stupid article.

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