Politics of the Southern United States<span> (or </span>Southern politics<span>) refers to the political landscape of the </span>Southern United States<span>. Due to the region's unique cultural and historic heritage, the American South has been prominently involved in numerous political issues faced by the United States as a whole, including </span>States' rights<span>, </span>slavery<span>, </span>Reconstruction<span> and the </span>Civil Rights Movement<span>. The region was a "Solid South" voting heavily for Democratic candidates for president, and for state and local offices, from the 1870s to the 1960s. Its Congressmen gained seniority and controlled many committees. In presidential politics the South moved into the Republican camp in 1968 and ever since, with exceptions when the Democrats nominated a Southerner. Since the 1990s control of state and much local politics has turned Republican in every state.</span>
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Greek philosopher Aristotle suggested that ancient Greeks thought that being a citizen was a natural state, according to J. G. A. Pocock.[5] It was an elitist notion, according to Peter Riesenberg, in which small scale communities had generally similar ideas of how people should behave in society and what constituted appropriate conduct.[5] Geoffrey Hosking described a possible Athenian logic leading to participatory democracy:
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The Twenty-first Amendment<span> (</span>Amendment<span> XXI) to the </span>United States Constitution <span>repealed the Eighteenth </span>Amendment to the United States Constitution<span>, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 16, 1919. The </span>Twenty-first Amendment<span> was ratified on December 5, 1933.</span>
