Dixiecrat
noun
Dix·ie·crat
ˈdik-sē-ˌkrat 
: a dissident Southern Democrat
specifically
: a supporter of a 1948 presidential ticket opposing the civil rights stand of the Democrats
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The threatened record is held by the openly racist former Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Democrats embraced the emerging coalitions from the anti-war and Civil Rights marches while ditching their Dixiecrat roots.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
And Dixiecrats used violence during the mid-twentieth century to try to crush the civil rights movement.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
In 1948, when the Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond, of South Carolina, ran for President on a segregationist platform, Davidson was an enthusiastic supporter, and helped get him on the ballot.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
When Dixiecrats revolted against the national Democratic Party in the 1950s, that banner flew at their convention in Birmingham.
—Kyle Whitmire | , al, 25 Apr. 2023
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Democrats embraced the emerging coalitions from the anti-war and Civil Rights marches while ditching their Dixiecrat roots.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
And Dixiecrats used violence during the mid-twentieth century to try to crush the civil rights movement.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
In 1948, when the Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond, of South Carolina, ran for President on a segregationist platform, Davidson was an enthusiastic supporter, and helped get him on the ballot.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
When Dixiecrats revolted against the national Democratic Party in the 1950s, that banner flew at their convention in Birmingham.
—Kyle Whitmire | , al, 25 Apr. 2023
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