What 1964 presidential winner's embrace of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 began the process which would eventually push Southern states into the Republican camp?
Answer Lyndon B. Johnson
After JFK's assassination, Johnson embraced Kennedy's civil rights efforts and passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act shortly before the November election. Despite the landslide victory for Johnson, his opponent, Goldwater, carried Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina largely on his opposition to the civil rights bill.
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