1964

A friend of mine, knowing my feelings for the Democracy, gave me this bumper sticker. 1964 was a turning point in American politics. The Republicans ran a crazy conservative, who had electoral support only in the deep south; that was a change—only in 1868, and 1872 did the Republicans do well in the south. The next year, 1965, a Voting Rights Act was passed, and the change in the parties took place. From then on, the flow of white racists filled the Republican base, and ever continuing crazy candidates were successful in their party.