Reply #121: I think the Solid South is the big issue

[Jim__]

Like a previous poster, I've always considered it largely due to the Civil Rights Act. After all, Reagan began his campaign in Philadelphia Mississippi; Bush, after losing the 2000 primary in New Hampshire, went to Bob Jones University.

I'm not from the south. I am curious as to whether southerners believe the south is going Republican because of the Civil Rights Act, or something else. If the south is going Republican because of the Civil Rights Act, I don't see very many options.