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Dixiecrator States' Rights DemocratIn the U.S., member of a right-wing Democratic splinter group in the 1948 election. Organized by Southerners who objected to the Democrats' civil rights program, the Dixiecrats met in Birmingham, Ala., and nominated Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for president. He received more than one million votes in the 1948 election and won four states. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. 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. |
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