Dixiecrat

Noun

Meaning

(US politics, dated) A member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the Confederate States of America, who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supports racial segregation and white power.

(US politics, historical) A member of the short-lived States' Rights Democratic Party of the United States of America.

Examples

No such thing as a Dixiecrat. H. Rap Brown

LNP – Always Lancaster letter-to-the-editor writer: “Now these (‘real’ Republicans who were true to party principles) leaders would be called RINOs by the ‘WHINE-Os’ of the current Republican (read: Dixiecrat) establishment. Source: Internet

He is seen here with former Dixiecrat Party nominee Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S. Source: Internet

That said, the fight that is brewing on Capitol Hill between the Traditionalists and the Tea Party folks in the US House of Representatives could make the 1948 “Dixiecrat” split look downright tame in comparison… Source: Internet

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