In the machine politics era, patronage jobs were given out to buy votes and to enrich party bosses

In 1968, Republican President Nixon began the process of _______________ when he adopted a "southern strategy" aimed at drawing dissatisfied southern Democrats into the Republican Party.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Which U.S. Supreme Court decision established the principle of equal representation and found that unequal representation violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?

a. Baker v. Carr (1962) b. Reynolds v. Sims (1964) c. Westbury v. Sanders (1964) d. Thompson v. Woodbury (1970)