Originally posted on 11/07/2016:

Quote Originally Posted by Wallco99 View Post
No, actually voter fraud is. But nice try.
Republicans consistently garner a large chunk of their votes from poor, white, uneducated voters. Why? What causes poor uneducated white people to vote Republican?
Some of it may be attributed to the many gerrymandered districts. Some is due to the active voter suppression tactics the GOP has been employing not only in the present but historically as well. But those are not the only reasons for this trend.
Paul Weyrich has been labeled as one of the founding fathers of the modern conservative movement. Weyrich often proclaims that he doesn’t want people to vote. It is his contention that the fewer people who vote, the better the GOP chances are of winning elections. In this writer’s view, some of this desire to limit voting is due to racism.
What is even more striking is that we have seen where this behavior by the uneducated, low-income white voter has worked against their best interest. Sadly, this seems to be the norm. This reality is what makes this whole topic puzzling. A quick example is to view North Carolina where predominantly low-income voters have loaded up the legislature with one of the most radical right-wing factions of government in the country. What did they get in return? A tax increase.
This political reality did not spring up overnight. What we are seeing is the aggravated side effects of the decades-long Southern Strategy.
What is the Southern Strategy?

Lee Atwater
In American politics, the Southern Strategy refers to a Republican Party strategy to gain political support for certain candidates “in the southern United States by appealing to racism against African Americans.” Lee Atwater reintroduced this political tactic in the early 1980s, refining it from its origins in the 1960s and bringing it into the current political scene.
Let’s not pull any punches here. The Southern Strategy’s main purpose was to transform the south from blue states to red states by invoking the reality of institutional racism. This transformation is one of the most significant in American history. It is also one of the main factors that make modern politics what it is today. However, this transformation remains a mystery to most people. People did not just wake up one day and start voting for Republicans in the south. There had to be a plan.