Short answer from the University of Arkansas’s Angie Maxwell:

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Racism, sexism and ‘Christian’ nationalism.

Sorry, her article is behind a paywall. But I’m happy to see a continuation of the theme in Maxwell’s book with Todd Shields, “The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics.”

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