The Civil Rights Act could not have passed without Republican support. Republicans voted overwhelmingly for the bill. Since the "southern strategy," its true the Republicans have welcomed many racists into their ranks, but you lie about the CRA, and the "southern strategy" has lost its charm for Republicans, who are now arguably less racist than Democrats. Note Republicans voted overwhelmingly for the bill and for cloture in the Senate. From Wikipedia:
By party
The record of the roll call vote kept by the House Clerk on final passage of the bill
I know that the majority of Republicans voted for the CRA, but those aren't the people I am talking about, those are the electorate who considered themselves "conservative", who Nixon called the "silent majority". The conservative Southern Democrats left the Democratic Party and joined the Republicans, primarily for their state's rights position, as Goldwater argued.
The Civil Rights Act could not have passed without Republican support. Republicans voted overwhelmingly for the bill. Since the "southern strategy," its true the Republicans have welcomed many racists into their ranks, but you lie about the CRA, and the "southern strategy" has lost its charm for Republicans, who are now arguably less racist than Democrats. Note Republicans voted overwhelmingly for the bill and for cloture in the Senate. From Wikipedia:
By party
The record of the roll call vote kept by the House Clerk on final passage of the bill
The original House version:[30]
Democratic Party: 152–96 (61–39%)
Republican Party: 138–34 (80–20%)
Cloture in the Senate:[31]
Democratic Party: 44–23 (66–34%)
Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)
The Senate version:[30]
Democratic Party: 46–21 (69–31%)
Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)
The Senate version, voted on by the House:[30]
Democratic Party: 153–91 (63–37%)
Republican Party: 136–35 (80–20%)
I know that the majority of Republicans voted for the CRA, but those aren't the people I am talking about, those are the electorate who considered themselves "conservative", who Nixon called the "silent majority". The conservative Southern Democrats left the Democratic Party and joined the Republicans, primarily for their state's rights position, as Goldwater argued.