The factor that benefited the Republican Party in the 1970s was: <span>reaction by some white southerners to passage of civil rights laws
Back then, the southerners still haven't supported the equal civil rights laws for the minority citizens. This massively decreased Kennedy's support that became the Republican main opposition during that time.</span>
A turning point usually introduces new people, ideas, and technology which results in different forms of government change in idea and even rebellions. So it can be thought of as a revolution because new things are showing up and change is happening.
