Power
A compendium of racism in the Republican Party
From Nixon's Southern Strategy to gerrymandering, the GOP has long relied on dogwhistle politics to speak to its base. Swipe or scroll to explore.
Power
Southern Strategy
Richard Nixon was able to win the White House in 1968 by appealing to the racial animus of white southern voters.
The “Southern Strategy,” as it was called, relied on tapping into white resentment over growing minority populations in the South.