Southern Racist politician wanted the public to believe that by supporting the Civil rights movement was virtually the same as conspiring to commit crimes, creating the “law and Order” was their way of going against the Civil rights movement . It was also a good reason for them to defend segregation. “law and order” was effective to the white working class in the South who where appose to integration but it ultimately failed to prevent the formal dismantling of the Jim Crow system.
I believe that politician still try to use the “Southern Strategy” as a way to gain votes because it had been one of the most successful strategy in history. During his re-election campaign, Trump made racial issues the center of his message. He delivered two speech both in which he defended the confederate flag. His goal was to encourage white fear and resentment . It was a fail because Our country is changing, it’s more diverse.
