It's just something people haven't thought about before because we're taught Democrats = Liberal and Republicans = Conservative with no acknowledgment that the parties basically swapped places about 60 years ago.
Me for one. In the 70s, I voted for both Rs and Ds, depending on the individual. Most of the Rs from the 50s, 60s, 70s wouldn't be welcome in the R party today. Hell, Donnie wouldn't be either, until he figured out he could grift Rs on a massive scale!
I can't believe people still don't get that Nixon saw Wallace's vote totals and targeted those ex Dems in the South
It's just something people haven't thought about before because we're taught Democrats = Liberal and Republicans = Conservative with no acknowledgment that the parties basically swapped places about 60 years ago.
I've taught it every year in US History for 23 years and I suspect some posters here were alive when it happened :)
Me for one. In the 70s, I voted for both Rs and Ds, depending on the individual. Most of the Rs from the 50s, 60s, 70s wouldn't be welcome in the R party today. Hell, Donnie wouldn't be either, until he figured out he could grift Rs on a massive scale!
Ditto