hence my pointing out that the southerners on both sides went against it and that 1964 was the last time the democrats won the south.
Also, I feel the need for more clarification here. Yes, a Democrat presidential candidate hasn't handily carried the South for since Carter in '76, not '64 (though the numbers of the popular votes in those states, especially Mississippi, are closer than you may realize); but Democrats have held onto other offices for those states. It wasn't until the early 1990's that Mississippi elected its first Republican governor in 80 years. Many Senators and state Representatives from those states are Democrats. I think Louisiana and Arkansas are still a very strongly held Democrat states. It really wasn't until the 80's, not the 60's, that the Democrats began to lose the Southern states to the Republicans.
