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|colspan="3"|<hr/>Some Republicans including senators Goldwater (left), Hickenlooper (center), and Cotton (right) who voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act were principled [[conservatives]]/[[libertarians]] who adamantly supported civil rights but opposed sections of the bill that would increase the size and scope of the federal government, despite leftist whitewashing that especially attempts to paint the Arizona senator as "racist".

|colspan="3"|<hr/>Some Republicans including senators Goldwater (left), Hickenlooper (center), and Cotton (right) who voted against the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] were principled [[conservatives]]/[[libertarians]] who adamantly supported [[civil rights]] for blacks but opposed sections of the bill that would increase the size and scope of the federal government, despite leftist whitewashing that especially attempts to smear the Arizona senator as "racist".

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So if there may have been some Southerners upset that the Civil Rights Act passed while blaming Democrats along the way, they would not have chosen as their home the Republican Party, who were the Act's greatest supporters.  Of the 171 Republicans in the House in 1964, 136 of them voted for it.<ref name="H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.">[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182 H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.]</ref> Of the 33 Republicans in the Senate, 27 of them voted for it.<ref name="HR. 7152. PASSAGE.">[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409 HR. 7152. PASSAGE.]</ref>  This is 79% of House Republicans, and 82% of Senate Republicans. It's furthermore important to note that all three Republican senators opposing the 1964 bill who were also in office during the 1957 Civil Rights Act ([[Barry Goldwater]] (R–AZ), [[Bourke Hickenlooper]] (R–IA), and [[Norris Cotton]] (R–NH)) had voted in favor of the latter.<ref name="HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957."/> Most Northern Republican representatives who voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act had also supported the 1957 bill,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 12, 2021.</ref> while the Southern Republicans who voted against civil rights legislation were beholden to their constituencies over their party's support for civil rights.

So if there may have been some Southerners upset that the Civil Rights Act passed while blaming Democrats along the way, they would not have chosen as their home the Republican Party, who were the Act's greatest supporters.  Of the 171 Republicans in the House in 1964, 136 of them voted for it.<ref name="H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.">[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182 H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.]</ref> Of the 33 Republicans in the Senate, 27 of them voted for it.<ref name="HR. 7152. PASSAGE.">[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409 HR. 7152. PASSAGE.]</ref>  This is 79% of House Republicans, and 82% of Senate Republicans. It's furthermore important to note that all three Republican senators opposing the 1964 bill who were also in office during the 1957 Civil Rights Act ([[Barry Goldwater]] (R–AZ), [[Bourke Hickenlooper]] (R–IA), and [[Norris Cotton]] (R–NH)) had voted in favor of the latter.<ref name="HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957."/> Most Northern Republican representatives who voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act had also supported the 1957 bill,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 12, 2021.</ref> while the Southern Republicans who voted against civil rights legislation were beholden to their constituencies over their party's support for civil rights.