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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| States' Rights Democratic Party | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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