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[–] 34 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Mmm it was mid flip. Don't forget that Republicans railed against Social Security that FDR was proposing.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 day ago*

    Before the major flip during the Southern Strategy of the 60s/70s, though.

    That’s sort of what I meant by crossover issues early on making even ‘conservative’ and ‘progressive’ muddy, even beyond ‘Republican’ and ‘Democratic’ being basically meaningless to our modern ears.

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