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The south will play a key role in the 2008 general election. (Image courtesy of Travel South USA)

Changing politics of the South

Broadcast: Midmorning, 05/22/2008, 9:06 a.m.

Exit polls from Kentucky suggest Barack Obama may have trouble convincing some white Democrats to vote for him should he become the nominee for president. But politics in the South have shown some interesting changes in the years since Richard Nixon's strategists popularized the Southern strategy.

Guests

Kevin Merida: Associate editor at the Washington Post.

Alan Abramowitz: Professor of political science at Emory University.

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