After the defeat of Michael Dukakis in 1988, many leaders of the Democratic party concluded that the party was too liberal and that in the future, Democratic candidates should:
A) heed Jesse Jackson's advice and reach out to the dispossessed.
B) veer away from the Lyndon Johnson tradition of civil rights reform.
C) be white, conservative and southern.
D) stop listening to black constituents.
Answer: B
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