States' Rights Democratic Party

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The States' Rights Democratic Party, commonly known as the Dixiecrats, was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States that broke from the Democratic Party in 1948 to oppose civil rights reforms and defend Southern states' control over racial policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
segregationist party
abbreviation SRDP
alsoKnownAs States' Rights Democratic Party
surface form: States' Rights Party of 1948
color light blue
commonName States' Rights Democratic Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dixiecrats
conventionLocation Birmingham, Alabama, United States
surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
conventionYear 1948
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1948
electoralBase white Southern voters
electoralVotesWon 39
formedInResponseTo Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party civil rights platform of 1948

Harry S. Truman's civil rights initiatives
founded 1948
historicalPeriod post–World War II era
ideology conservatism
segregationism
states' rights
influenced later Southern realignment toward the Republican Party
keyFigure Fielding L. Wright
James Eastland
Leander Perez
Strom Thurmond
language English
mergedBackInto Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (many members)
nominatedForPresident Strom Thurmond
nominatedForVicePresident Fielding L. Wright
opposed abolition of the poll tax
civil rights reforms
desegregation of the armed forces
federal anti-lynching legislation
federal intervention in state racial laws
racial integration
popularVoteShare1948 about 2.4 million votes
position right-wing
presidentialElection 1948 United States presidential election
region Southern United States
slogan Segregation forever
States' Rights
splitFrom Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
statesCarried Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
supported Jim Crow laws
Southern states' control over racial policies
racial segregation

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Strom Thurmond politicalParty States' Rights Democratic Party
Strom Thurmond partyInElection States' Rights Democratic Party
1948 United States presidential election thirdParty States' Rights Democratic Party
Franklin Pierce influencedBy States' Rights Democratic Party
this entity surface form: Democratic Party pro-slavery wing
Strom memberOfPoliticalParty States' Rights Democratic Party
subject surface form: Strom Thurmond
Strom representedPartyInElection States' Rights Democratic Party
subject surface form: Strom Thurmond
States' Rights Democratic Party commonName States' Rights Democratic Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dixiecrats
States' Rights Democratic Party alsoKnownAs States' Rights Democratic Party
this entity surface form: States' Rights Party of 1948
Robert M. T. Hunter memberOfPoliticalParty States' Rights Democratic Party