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brought to you by party shifts when everyone moves to

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the other side of the room Our which of the

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following was most responsible for the shift in african american

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voters Party identification from largely republican the largely democratic And

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here the potential answers Throughout american history various social groups

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have decided they were so over their political parties and

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the resulting shift in the political landscape often caused rumbles

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for generations to come Will did african american voters switch

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from the republicans to the democrats because of republican reconstruction

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policies following the civil war the republican party help pass

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several reconstruction acts some of which four southern states to

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restructure their governments and ratified the fourteenth amendment The's reconstruction

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policies played a major role in wooing new african american

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voters to the party of lincoln so we can absolutely

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knockout eh What african american voters have shifted to the

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democratic party because of bea the failure of reconstruction Well

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many of the aforementioned reconstruction efforts especially those designed to

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allow african american's access to the polls ended up failing

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because of the democratic party's objections to structural societal change

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so that certainly wouldn't have set off a stampede to

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join those party poopers Good african american party identification have

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swapped because of de republicans southern strategy well in the

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late nineteen sixties republicans decided to shake up the electoral

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map turning southern states that traditionally went for the democrats

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from baby blue too Rosy red and while that's certainly

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sped along the african american transition they were already well

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on their party hopping way by that time But what

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about e the democrats nomination of barack obama Well by

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two thousand eight democrats firmly held the support of most

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african american voters so we're late to the party on

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this one like way way late which means that the

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event most responsible for the shift in african american voters

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party identification was see the civil rights and voting rights

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acts No African americans started to switch their party allegiance

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during fdr is new deal The civil rights and voting

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rights act passed under lbj solidified the ship The option

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b is the correct answer And remember that southern strategy

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we mentioned earlier Well that was actually designed to win

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over southern whites once the democrats started identifying with the

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civil rights movement is just too bad These party animals 00:02:29.673 --> [endTime] can't find a way to get along great

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