Kevin Phillips, Political Strategist Behind Republican 'Southern Strategy,' Dies at 82

• Kevin Phillips, author of "The Emerging Republican Majority," died at age 82.
• Phillips helped devise the "Southern strategy" to attract white Southern voters to the Republican party in the 1960s.
• His predictions of a rightward realignment in national politics proved accurate as Republicans gained power.
• He later expressed reservations about income inequality under GOP presidents.
• Phillips wrote several bestselling books examining the rise of conservatism and consequences of Reagan-era policies.

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