It was also the 1st use of that "dog whistle" bullshit. They said Nixon was SEEEECRETLY saying racist things. So secret that nobody realized until decades later. The other part of that "argument" was that Nixon was trying to get the white southern vote. The fact that the Dem candidate was also trying to get that exact same vote, well that's just clearly different you bigot.
Let me tell you about my county that I live in in Ohio. My county has voted Republican in EVERY election from 1856 to 2020 with TWO exceptions.
1912 Wilson won a plurality against T. Roosevelt and Taft. If you add that Republican split together it is almost 70% of to the vote. My county didn't want a DEM (actually T. Roosevelt lost by less than 200 votes). I don't count that as a DEM win.
1964 Goldwater lost 44% to 56%.
I attribute this to "Kennedy Worship"
Folks at that time didn't want to disrepect a slain President by voting his party out of power. LBJ was going to be a shoo in regardless of who his opponent was. BJ was a sacrificial lamb in the 1964 election. BG had no chance to win.
It was also the 1st use of that "dog whistle" bullshit. They said Nixon was SEEEECRETLY saying racist things. So secret that nobody realized until decades later. The other part of that "argument" was that Nixon was trying to get the white southern vote. The fact that the Dem candidate was also trying to get that exact same vote, well that's just clearly different you bigot.
Let me tell you about my county that I live in in Ohio. My county has voted Republican in EVERY election from 1856 to 2020 with TWO exceptions.
1912 Wilson won a plurality against T. Roosevelt and Taft. If you add that Republican split together it is almost 70% of to the vote. My county didn't want a DEM (actually T. Roosevelt lost by less than 200 votes). I don't count that as a DEM win.
1964 Goldwater lost 44% to 56%. I attribute this to "Kennedy Worship"
Folks at that time didn't want to disrepect a slain President by voting his party out of power. LBJ was going to be a shoo in regardless of who his opponent was. BJ was a sacrificial lamb in the 1964 election. BG had no chance to win.