The Republican Strategy To Win The Racist Vote Without Appearing Racist

By Samuel Warde on Lee Atwater, Racial Issues, Racism, Republican Logic, The Southern Strategy Elections, History, Interviews, Politics, Racial Issues, Republican Logic, Republicans, Right Wing Hatred

In 1981, the legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater, after a decade as South Carolina’s most effective Republican operative, was working in Ronald Reagan’s White House when he was interviewed by Alexander Lamis, a political scientist at Case Western Reserve University. In this audio, made public for the first time ever in 2012, Atwater lays […]