Reply #28: Yes and no [View All]

[Hippo_Tron]

As is the nature of progress, the country is more socially progressive today than it was in the 1970's. But you didn't have an organized group of people trying to convince every Christian that they can't vote for a Democrat because they're all a bunch of evil faggot lovers and baby killers.

The "welfare queen" stigma also didn't exist yet and you didn't have poor and middle class white people voting for less social services and lower taxes out of fear that a lazy black person would get some of their hard earned money.

Labor was also stronger then but it was in the crucial turning point during the 70's. Labor was strong because before the 60's there were no social issues, for the most part. Once white people decided to vote based on social issues over economic ones, labor's influence drastically died.