it was a turning point. in is where nixon's southern strategy and reagan infamous visit to philadelphia, mississippi, in 1980, in the demise of liberal republicanism. this is where they all have their roots. in the 13 presidential elections before 1964, that's the elections from 1912 to 1960, if you added up all of the electoral votes won by each party in the old confederacy, you would get 1,355 for democrats and only 231 for republicans, 54 for third-party candidates. now take the 13 elections since 1964. from that goldwater/lbj race through obama/romney last year, add it up and you get the complete opposite. 1,359 for republicans. only 423 for democrats. 47 for third parties. the third party was basically george wallace, segregationist democrat who ran as independent in 1968. it's gotten progressively worse for democrats. for a while they could win back some of the south by nominating

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