wrote about sort of the we talk about 1964. you wrote about barry goldwater s era, nixon, you know the era and the transformation that played out in the south. do you see us reaching a turning point, the south and its role in american politics? yeah. i can t really speak to the statistics. the fascinating thing in the discussion is when people talk about the south terning democratic, i think a lot of people in their mind think in their mind the white south, right? but the white south isn t what it once was. i mean, i think people think about this famous line from bill moyer when lyndon johnson signed the civil rights bill and he said, i think we ve signed away the south for the republican party for a long time. people don t really understand the other implication of that is that basically we ve won the loyalty of northern blacks for a long time. so, you know, it wasn t always the case that 90% of blacks voted for the democratic party.
that is well, rick, you no. rick knows as i know, south became more democratic, whites in south vote more and more republican. the blacker the states, the more the republican whites vote. mississippi and alabama, look at 90% votes for cain, romney, bush. the question over time, the democrat, if it happens latino went to 72%, the increasing identification of latinos with the democratic party, will that create a next wave of i ve seen counties like in east texas where it almost feels like that s already happened. it s it won t be a free vote. i think to thank tom schaller and abby rappaport of the american prospect, how voting for the party not the person will likely save a democratic senate seat, at least this year.