Word: southernism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sure, the South contributed the necessary margin for Richard Nixon's first-ballot nomination, but in a spirit of acceptance rather than enthusiasm. Southern Republicans could not have Ronald Reagan and would not have Nelson Rockefeller. Nixon became their only realistic choice. South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond's role in Miami Beach was described by many observers as that of kingmaker. It would be more accurate to say that he acted as the king's bodyguard, jealously fending off the Reagan forces because they could not carry the nation, and assiduously blocking the selection of an outright...
...order issue. But, as he sees it, this approach is eminently usable outside the South as well, in view of the nation's current concern over crime and violence. Actually, there has been something of a depolarization over the racial issue, at least among many Northern and Southern whites. The Southerners have tended to become less conservative, the Northerners less liberal. Further, middle-road Republicans like Nixon discovered big, centralized government as a target long before Wallace arose as a threat and Southern Republicanism as a lure. It is still an attractive mark to those in all regions...
...Democratic side, Humphrey has also benefited from strong Deep South and Border support in his pre-convention campaign. Of the 16 states' 745 convention votes, Humphrey will probably get more than 600 of 1,312 needed for nomination. His new-found favor with Southern Democrats, after years of being disliked and distrusted by them, has two major reasons. After Johnson withdrew from the race, Humphrey seemed the most trustworthy and stable of the possible candidates, particularly in comparison with Robert Kennedy, who was feared and hated in the South. Also, the Democratic leadership in most Southern states has grown...
Nixiecrat. The Southerners are now attempting to keep Humphrey from breaking toward the liberal side in his effort to mollify the followers of Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern. Last week a group of party leaders proposed a Southern running mate for Humphrey, mentioning seven prospects by name.* Humphrey preferred to remain politely vague. Nonetheless, in Mississippi he is backing the biracial insurgent delegate slate, a direct slap at the old-time leaders. And last week he coined the term Nixiecrat to disparage Nixon's association with conservative Southerners like Thurmond, who led the Dixiecrat revolt...
While Humphrey has a fighting chance to carry a few Southern states in November, he is obviously not constructing his strategy around that hope. Dixie will indeed be fought over. If the election turns out to be as close as now appears likely, a few smallish states could be decisive-north or south of the Mason-Dixon line. But it seems unlikely that the South will go as a bloc for any one candidate. Wallace will almost certainly take a few states, with Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana his surest bets. Humphrey might collect Tennessee, Arkansas and possibly Georgia, states...