Summary of Stuart Stevens's It Was All a Lie

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#1 My first client was running for Congress in 1978, and I was in film school at the time. I made television commercials for his campaign. We were losing, because the congressional district was around 30 percent African American and Hinson was getting less than 10 percent of that vote.

#2 The key in many southern elections is race. The Democratic candidate needs 90 percent of black votes to win. If a significant portion votes for a third party, the Republican will win.

#3 Since 1964, black voters have seen how the Republican Party operates once in office. It’s summed up nicely in a chapter called The GOP’s Rise as ‘the White Man’s Party’ in Dog Whistle Politics by Ian Haney López.

#4 The Republican abandonment of the option of becoming a party of reform manifested itself in the 1961 speech by Barry Goldwater to a gathering of Southern Republicans, who declared that they would not get the Negro vote as a bloc in 1964 and 1968.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822533554

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Insights from Chapter 9

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#1

My first client was running for Congress in 1978, and I was in film school at the time. I made television commercials for his campaign. We were losing, because the congressional district was around 30 percent African American and Hinson was getting less than 10 percent of that vote.

#2

The key in many southern elections is race. The Democratic candidate needs 90 percent of black votes to win. If a significant portion votes for a third party, the Republican will win.

#3

Since 1964, black voters have seen how the Republican Party operates once in office. It’s summed up nicely in a chapter called The GOP’s Rise as ‘the White Man’s Party’ in Dog Whistle Politics by Ian Haney López.

#4

The Republican abandonment of the option of becoming a party of reform manifested itself in the 1961 speech by Barry Goldwater to a gathering of Southern Republicans, who declared that they would not get the Negro vote as a bloc