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In "Myth America," popular left-wing revisionist historian and Twitter personality Kevin M. Kruse, along with Julian E. Zelizer, quotes author Kari Frederickson, who stated, "there was a strong correlation between counties that supported the Dixiecrats and those that endorsed Eisenhower."<ref>Kruse, Kevin M.; Zelizer, Julian E. (January 3, 2023). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Myth_America/bqZdEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+republicans+kevin+kruse&pg=PT336&printsec=frontcover Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref> Kruse cites several Dixiecrat leaders who went on to endorse Eisenhower, such as [[Leander Perez]] of Louisiana, several South Carolina Democrats, and several others as alleged proof of a Dixiecrat–Republican correlation.

In "Myth America," popular left-wing revisionist historian and Twitter personality Kevin M. Kruse, along with Julian E. Zelizer, quotes author Kari Frederickson, who stated, "there was a strong correlation between counties that supported the Dixiecrats and those that endorsed Eisenhower."<ref>Kruse, Kevin M.; Zelizer, Julian E. (January 3, 2023). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Myth_America/bqZdEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+republicans+kevin+kruse&pg=PT336&printsec=frontcover Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref> Kruse cites several Dixiecrat leaders who went on to endorse Eisenhower, such as [[Leander Perez]] of Louisiana, several South Carolina Democrats, and several others as alleged proof of a Dixiecrat–Republican correlation.

However, this did not hold true for all states—Alabama, for instance, saw a correlation between the Dixiecrats in 1948 and the national Democrats in 1952. In addition, an analysis by Byron E. Shafer and Richard Johnston in "The End of Southern Exceptionalism," far more reliable than the narratives of standard academics, concludes that ''25 out of 29 Southern congressional districts which supported the Thurmond/Wright Dixiecrat ticket would subsequently back Adlai Stevenson rather than Eisenhower in 1952.''<ref>Shafer, Byron E.; Johnston, Richard (2006). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_End_of_Southern_Exceptionalism/tiNYRu5rvVgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+adlai+stevenson+end+of+southern+republicanism&pg=PA167&printsec=frontcover The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South], p. 167. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>

However, this did not hold true for all states—Alabama, for instance, saw a correlation between the Dixiecrats in 1948 and the national Democrats in 1952. In addition, an analysis by Byron E. Shafer and Richard Johnston in "The End of Southern Exceptionalism," far more reliable than the narratives of standard academics, concludes that '''25 out of 29 Southern congressional districts which supported the Thurmond/Wright Dixiecrat ticket would subsequently back Adlai Stevenson rather than Eisenhower in 1952.'''<ref>Shafer, Byron E.; Johnston, Richard (2006). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_End_of_Southern_Exceptionalism/tiNYRu5rvVgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+adlai+stevenson+end+of+southern+republicanism&pg=PA167&printsec=frontcover The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South], p. 167. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>

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