To all those spouting the tired argument " Republicans fought to end slavery while Democrats supported it." Yes, that's correct, but what you maybe don't realize is come LBJ and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 1965 Voting Rights Act, all those "Dixiecrats" fled the Democratic Party for the GOP. Look at today's political map, the old Confederate states are ruby red. Since then we've seen Nixon and Goldwater's "southern strategy," the symbolism of Reagan kicking off his campaign in Philadelphia, Miss, the '92 Willie Horton ad, and now Trump's rally in Tulsa and his use of Nixon's "silent majority."