Richard Russell of Georgia was one of the most powerful members of the Senate and he was against the Civil Rights Bill. Lyndon Johnson said to him, "All that I am, I owe you, which is why I want to tell you don't get in my way on the Civil Rights Bill or I will run you down." Russell responded, "You may very well do that, but if you do you're not only going to loose the election, you're going to loose the South forever." What happened to Johnson and the South after the passage of the Civil Rights Act?
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Lyndon B. Johnson was elected President in 1964 and the South eventually became Republican
Johnson decided not to run for President and the South remained Democrat
Lyndon B. Johnson won the election and the South became Libertarian
Lyndon B. Johnson lost the election to Barry Goldwater and the South remained Democrat