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The South favored the [[Jeffersonian Republicans]] during the [[First Party System]], from the 1790s to 1820s. However, during the [[Second Party System]], 1830-1854, the region was closely balanced between Democrats and the [[Whig Party]], with the Democrats gaining after 1848.
The South favored the [[Jeffersonian Republicans]] during the [[First Party System]], from the 1790s to 1820s. However, during the [[Second Party System]], 1830-1854, the region was closely balanced between Democrats and the [[Whig Party]], with the Democrats gaining after 1848.
Political parties were in disarray in the late 1850s and were suspended during the Civil War. During Reconstruction, 1863–1877, the dominant [[Republican Party]] was a coalition of Freedmen (freed slaves), [[Carpetbaggers]] (new arrivals from the North), and [[Scalawags]] (white southerners), all supported by the U.S. Army. Violent confrontations led to the collapse of the Republican state governments in the 1870s; the last three fell in 1877. They were replaced by the [[Redeemers]], white Democrats allied to the [[Bourbon Democrats]] of the North.
Political parties were in disarray in the late 1850s and were suspended during the Civil War. During Reconstruction, 1863–1877, the dominant [[Republican Party]] was a coalition of Freedmen (freed slaves), [[Carpetbaggers]] (new arrivals from the North), and [[Scalawags]] (white southerners), all supported by the U.S. Army. Violent Democrat [[Ku Klux Klan]] confrontations led to the collapse of the Republican state governments in the 1870s; the last three fell in 1877. They were replaced by the [[Redeemers]], white Democrats allied to the [[Bourbon Democrats]] of the North.
The Democrats repressed a Populist movement in the 1890s and dominated every state with rare exceptions down to 1964. The "Solid South" as political pundits called it, nearly always supported Democrat presidential candidates, except in 1928, 1952 and 1956.
The Democrats repressed a Populist movement in the 1890s and dominated every state with rare exceptions down to 1964. The "Solid South" as political pundits called it, nearly always supported Democrat presidential candidates, except in 1928, 1952 and 1956.