SRDP

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The SRDP, or States' Rights Democratic Party, was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the national Democratic Party’s civil rights platform.

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instanceOf political party
abbreviation SRDP NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Dixiecrat Party NERFINISHED
colorSymbol blue
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved circa 1949
electionContested 1948 United States presidential election NERFINISHED
electoralBase white voters in the Deep South
founded 1948
headquartersRegion Southern United States NERFINISHED
historicalEra post–World War II United States
ideology conservatism
segregationism
states' rights
influenced later segregationist and states' rights movements in the South
keyIssue defense of states' rights
opposition to federal civil rights legislation
legacy precursor to later realignment of Southern whites toward the Republican Party
mergedBackInto Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED
nominatedForOffice Strom Thurmond NERFINISHED
notableLeader Fielding L. Wright NERFINISHED
Strom Thurmond NERFINISHED
officeContested President of the United States
opposed civil rights platform of the Democratic Party
racial integration
originatedFrom Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED
platformPlank maintenance of racial segregation in public schools
preservation of the social order of the Jim Crow South
resistance to federal intervention in state affairs
politicalPosition right-wing
presidentialNominee Strom Thurmond NERFINISHED
reasonForSplit opposition to President Harry S. Truman's civil rights proposals
receivedElectoralVotes 39
region Southern United States
relatedTo Dixiecrats NERFINISHED
Southern Democrats NERFINISHED
shortName SRDP NERFINISHED
slogan States' Rights and Racial Integrity
splitFrom Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED
supported Jim Crow laws NERFINISHED
racial segregation
vicePresidentialNominee Fielding L. Wright NERFINISHED
wonStates Alabama NERFINISHED
Louisiana NERFINISHED
Mississippi NERFINISHED
South Carolina NERFINISHED

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