Alabamians not only voted for Barry Goldwater but also pulled the straight Republican lever out of anger toward Lyndon Johnson’s civil rights agenda.Alabama’s eight-member congressional delegation with more than 100
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Goldwater landslide which was the tidal wave that swept the deep south into the Republican party.
The so-called “Solid South” had been Democratic more out of tradition and protocol than philosophy. Both national parties took the South for granted in national elections. The Democrats ignored us because we were in the barn and the Republicans ignored us for the same reason. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts
Alabama’s eight-member congressional delegation with more than 100 years of seniority was wiped out by straight ticket Republican voting. If either of our two venerable senators, Lister Hill or John Sparkman, had been on the ballot that day they would have also been thrashed. Hill had barely escaped a defeat in 1962 and would not run again in 1968.
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