Nixon's 1960 Southern Strategy
Professor Buzzkill History Podcast
English - January 20, 2022 05:30 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsHistory Education buzzkill myths history mythbusting professor Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Historian Timothy Galsworthy explains the details and complications of the famous Republican "Southern Strategy" in the election of 1960. He tells us how this strategy was developed much earlier than most people realize, and how Nixon had to use a tense balancing act to woo southern voters who traditionally hated the Republican party. Episode 436.