When LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he was rumored to say, "We've lost the South for a generation."
Of course, it was more like a permanent loss, as the white South has moved en masse to the Republican party. However, his legacy goes deeper, because the Obama Coalition has it's roots in another LBJ act: the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1964. The reason why Trump and his copy cats are harping on immigration is because the people allowed into America under this act have grown into the voters who have delivered the White House to the Democrats in the last two elections. And smart Republicans know that they have to change this dynamic, yet they are powerless to do so.
You can't embrace white conservatives and ethnic minorities at the same time.
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