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.
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.