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Nixon had capitalized on the "forgotten Americans" or the poor and middle-class Southern whites whom most politicians had ignored. The push to gain these voters was known as the "southern strategy." At its core, this strategy aimed to use white resentment and pit whites against government and immigration and make them long for the old American values that had disappeared.

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Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History