Not interesting at all. A hollow canard that is meant deflect today's race problems of the GOP. The dynamics of the 45 years ago are not easily distilled into one liner talking points on blogs or forums.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

The original House version:^[13]

• Democratic Party: 152-96   (61%-39%)
• Republican Party: 138-34   (80%-20%)

Cloture in the Senate:^[14]

• Democratic Party: 44-23   (66%–34%)
• Republican Party: 27-6   (82%–18%)

The Senate version:^[13]

• Democratic Party: 46-21   (69%–31%)
• Republican Party: 27-6   (82%–18%)

The Senate version, voted on by the House:^[13]

• Democratic Party: 153-91   (63%–37%)
• Republican Party: 136-35   (80%–20%)

[edit] By party and region

Note: "Southern", as used in this section, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. "Northern" refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states.

The original House version:

• Southern Democrats: 7–87   (7%–93%)
• Southern Republicans: 0–10   (0%–100%)

• Northern Democrats: 145-9   (94%–6%)
• Northern Republicans: 138-24   (85%–15%)

The Senate version:

• Southern Democrats: 1–20   (5%–95%)
• Southern Republicans: 0–1   (0%–100%)
• Northern Democrats: 45-1   (98%–2%)
• Northern Republicans: 27-5   (84%–16%)

Note the voting records referenced by region. This mindless canard folds when you look at the numbers and understand the regional politics.