Republicans of the Early 60s were maybe not as evil, if only because that was at the tail end of the Party switch.
Before that, conservatives and progressives were more spread between both parties.
The Party Switch took something like 50-60 years, with Nixon’s Southern Strategy being the defining moment, and Reagan’s Moral Majority calcifying the status quo.
Still, as late as the 1960 presidential election, things could have gone either way.
Republicans of the Early 60s were maybe not as evil, if only because that was at the tail end of the Party switch.
Before that, conservatives and progressives were more spread between both parties.
The Party Switch took something like 50-60 years, with Nixon’s Southern Strategy being the defining moment, and Reagan’s Moral Majority calcifying the status quo.
Still, as late as the 1960 presidential election, things could have gone either way.