Hillary Rodham was once a conservative. She was "Goldwater Girl" in 64' and a supporter of Nelson Rockefeller in 68'
She left the republican party after attending the 1968 Rep Convention because of Nixon's “veiled racist invective" in order to appeal to white southerners and swing them over to the GOP.
Nixon proved this approach to be very successful - it came to be known as the "
Southern Strategy."