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Palabras clave
Estados Unidos, primarias de 1968, partido republicano, Richard Nixon.
Resumen
A partir de la campaña de 1968, la mayor parte de los estudios que evalúan la relación entre Richard Nixon y el sur conservador se han centrado en el giro a la derecha del primero. Es decir, se centran en el «giro sureño» de Nixon, de su campaña electoral, de su gobierno y, en última instancia, del escenario político nacional. Este artículo propone que aquella relación fue mucho más compleja y se basó en gran medida en el fenómeno opuesto: en el «acercamiento al norte» y la creciente modernización de los conservadores sureños. Esto supone una nueva percepción de las estrategias seguidas por el consevadurismo norteamericano para incrementar su influencia política y superar la marginalización que venía sufriendo desde los años 40 y 50.
Keywords
United States, 1968 primaries, the Republican party, Richard Nixon.
Abstract
Ever after the campaign of 1968, most accounts describe the relationship between
Richard Nixon and the conservative South as one based upon Nixon’s shift to the right or «southernisation» of himself, his campaign, his administration and, ultimately, of national politics to achieve electoral success. This article proposes that this relationship was considerably more complex and rested, ultimately, in precisely the opposite phenomenon: the «northernisation», or increasing relative moderation of the conservative southern Republicans. Thus, in 1968 Nixon did not actually approached the southerners. They approached him. This is a new insight into the strategies pursued by American conservatives to overcome marginalisation and penetrate mainstream politics.
Richard Nixon and the conservative South as one based upon Nixon’s shift to the right or «southernisation» of himself, his campaign, his administration and, ultimately, of national politics to achieve electoral success. This article proposes that this relationship was considerably more complex and rested, ultimately, in precisely the opposite phenomenon: the «northernisation», or increasing relative moderation of the conservative southern Republicans. Thus, in 1968 Nixon did not actually approached the southerners. They approached him. This is a new insight into the strategies pursued by American conservatives to overcome marginalisation and penetrate mainstream politics.