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'''Dixiecrat''' was the informal term for [[Southern Democrats]] who in 1948 refused to support President [[Harry S. Truman]] for reelection because he was too liberal on racial issues. The official name was the '''States Rights Party'''.  They formed a third party that nominated South Carolina Governor [[Strom Thurmond]], who carried four states in the Deep South where he was the official nominee of the Democratic party, gaining 39 electoral votes. Thurmond had 1.2 million popular votes, or 2.4% of the national total. The party did not nominate any other candidates at any level, and dissolved after Truman won the election. The Dixiecrats went back to the Democrats, where they came into increasingly more conflict with the liberal sections of the party, and eventually abandoned the Democratic Party for the [[Republican Party]] after the presidency of [[Lyndon Johnson]].
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'''Dixiecrat''' was the informal term for Southern [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] who in 1948 refused to support President [[Harry S. Truman]] for election to a full term because he was in their eyes too [[liberal]] on racial issues. The official name was the '''States Rights Party.''' Dixiecrats formed a third party that nominated South Carolina [[Governor]] and later long-term [[United States Senator]] [[Strom Thurmond]], who carried four states in the Deep South where he was the official nominee of the Democratic Party. Thurmond received the thirty-nine electoral votes of [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [Aalabama]], and his own South Carolina, His popular vote was 1.2 million (2.4 percent) of the national total. The party did not nominate any other candidates at any level, and dissolved after Truman won the election over the [[Moderate Republican [[Thomas E. Dewey]] of [[New York]]. The Dixiecrats returned to the Democrats but came into increasingly more conflict with the liberal sections of the party, and many turned to the [[Republican Party]] after the presidency of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
  
  

Revision as of 13:47, September 28, 2021

Dixiecrat was the informal term for Southern Democrats who in 1948 refused to support President Harry S. Truman for election to a full term because he was in their eyes too liberal on racial issues. The official name was the States Rights Party. Dixiecrats formed a third party that nominated South Carolina Governor and later long-term United States Senator Strom Thurmond, who carried four states in the Deep South where he was the official nominee of the Democratic Party. Thurmond received the thirty-nine electoral votes of Louisiana, Mississippi, [Aalabama]], and his own South Carolina, His popular vote was 1.2 million (2.4 percent) of the national total. The party did not nominate any other candidates at any level, and dissolved after Truman won the election over the [[Moderate Republican Thomas E. Dewey of New York. The Dixiecrats returned to the Democrats but came into increasingly more conflict with the liberal sections of the party, and many turned to the Republican Party after the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.


Further reading

  • Frederickson, Kari. The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968 (2001) 310 pgs. online edition
  • Karabell, Zachary. The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election (2001) excerpt and text search
  • Pietrusza, David 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Changed America, New York: Union Square Press, 2011.
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