'the Southern strategy'

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Southern-strategy … here's an
interesting article on 'the Southern strategy', a concept no doubt familiar
to most people from the usa but it is new to me… came across it while
looking for stats on opinions about abortion in the South (which I didn't
find)…

"In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the focus of the
Republican party on winning U.S. Presidential elections by securing the
electoral votes of the U.S. Southern states. It is also used in a more
general sense, in which cultural (especially racial) themes are used in an
election in the American South. The use of the term, and its meaning and
implication, are still hotly disputed."

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