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Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a six-part series by pollster Brent Buchanan on the politics of the American South. Last week, Buchanan — a Montgomery, Alabama native — laid out why the South holds the keys to political control in some surprising ways. This week, Buchanan’s back to explore the shifting priorities of minority voters in the South — and why Democrats shouldn’t take those voters for granted.
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It’s a myth — and a costly mistake — for political campaigns and the mainstream media to treat minority voting behavior as monolithic and permanently Democratic.
As we highlighted in the first installment of this six-part series, America’s political realignment is already underway. In the South, the Democratic Party’s long-held assumption that minority voters would forever anchor their coalition to decide national elections is unraveling. As we’ll break down, Hispanic and Black voters are increasingly prioritizing economic …
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