The Year the GOP Lost to Carter and Embraced the Dark Side

In Rick Perlstein’s "Reaganland," Jimmy Carter beat the Republicans’ Southern Strategy in 1976 but got overwhelmed by it in 1980. What happened in between?

Scott Porch

Updated Dec. 29 2024 6:04PM EST / Published Sep. 20 2020 5:03AM EDT 

Scott Porch

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