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Dixiecrats

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n.1.a former political party in the US; formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the candidacy of Harry S. Truman.
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Noun1.Dixiecrats - a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman
States' Rights Democratic Party
party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"


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By contrast, Clinton wanted the Democratic Party to renew its "common ground" with those who left the party with Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrats and those who jumped ship when Ronald Reagan rose to power: white men.
The packaging of Obama by Gray, Kevin Alexander / The Progressive
After passage of the Civil Rights Act, the Dixiecrats became, for the most part, Republicans, and the Democrats' majority power in the South has been a thing of the past.
PUBLIC FORUM by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Making matters worse, opposition to Truman's agenda prompted two Democrats to run for President as independents: Governor Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, whose Dixiecrats stormed out of the 1948 Democratic National Convention to protest Truman's commitment to civil rights; and Henry Wallace, whom Roosevelt had dumped as Vice President in favor of Truman in 1944.
The Truman surprise: in the election of 1948, Harry Truman fooled ... by Roberts, Sam / New York Times Upfront
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