Dixiecrats

Noun

Meaning

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

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The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans. Andrew Sullivan

At Nixon’s behest, many of the Dixiecrats, and their Northern fellow-travelers who felt blacks were getting too much, left the Democrats and joined the Republicans. Source: Internet

That’s what Dixiecrats were – fucking bigots. Source: Internet

The Dixiecrats were weakened, however, when most Southern Democratic leaders (such as Governor Herman Talmadge of Georgia and "Boss" E. H. Crump of Tennessee) refused to support the party. Source: Internet

Had Dewey won any two of the three states, the Dixiecrats would have succeeded in their goal of forcing the election into the House of Representatives. Source: Internet

In response, Thurmond became a candidate for president on the third party ticket of the States' Rights Democratic Party (also known as the Dixiecrats). Source: Internet

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