How Republicans and Democrats Swapped Stances

The U.S. political parties as we know them today were once dramatically different — here's how they ended up switching positions

with @genzforchange

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[RoseETempest]

I need this video to be shown in every highschool in America

[Greenplanet]

I was trying to explain this online and someone was calling me a dope. He couldn’t believe it. He thought the current political ideologies of the parties were always there. Thanks for this video.

[Cruxvae]

Very oversimplified, but good job hitting the key points in a short window! That's a really good summary to show to people who aren't willing to do hours of reading to figure out the truth on their own.

[wollam]

How do you explain the white southerners waiting until the late 1960s and early 1970s to switch from Democrat to Republican? As the video said, the South was a solid red block for a century. Why didn't it change when you claim the parties changed?

It's because the parties, culturally and sociologically, did not start to change until Nixon came along. Look up his Southern Strategy.

[alexleanh]

The pendulum swings too far to the right and then to the left... and eventually it will recycle itself.

[DiodeMom]

“The Switch” is a myth. Look up Carol Swain’s explanation. This video and this man are simple.

[timmylittle]

Its the uni-party. Stop pretending there are two. They are different “sides” of the same coin.

[heatherloesch]

This is BS. He doesn't have all the facts, not by a longshot.

[RJWaynerium]

Good video, I wish the government was in favor of helping people, only then would I vote democrat....but since they aren't by any stretch of the imagination I'm voting the other way

[robertkaminski]

i am voting democrats!!!

i MISS you OBAMA!