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The Republicans had been the traditional political party for Black voters since the Civil War. However the Democrats could see the advantage of recruiting minority voters via the civil rights movement and other progressive policies. The result is that most electorates with significant Black populations are now strongly aligned to the Democrats.

Half a century ago...

I really, really have no idea why people think party labels (all ways) from half a century ago have any real sort of relevance now.
(and often done by the same people who, in another sentence, lament how politicians care only about too short time-scales, hm)

It's a disconnect of essentially 3+ generations by now. Vast majority of those people are DEAD. And it doesn't require too many years for quite major political overhauls (think Weimar Republic + 20 years, for example)


What is now a major party in my parliament (sometimes the biggest party - also in the times of negotiations & accession to NATO or EU, during opening years of present Afghanistan War, or when deciding to participate in the last invasion of Iraq) was, half a century ago, the Party (as in... communist regime). Red is still their official colour FFS (OK, how half of our flag it red makes this easier, still...)

1.5 decade ago most of the parties in my parliament didn't even really exist.

Just goes to show how far the GOP has fallen, remember this from Mr. Conservative himself Barry Goldwater -



Seems it has come true ....

Todays Republican Party is no longer a Conservative Party.

Remember what Mr. Conservative himself Barry Goldwater said -

"If they succeed in establishing religion as a basic Republican Party tenet, they could do us in."

"When you say 'radical right' today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye."