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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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
abbreviation SRDP
alsoKnownAs Dixiecrat Party
colorSymbol blue
country United States
dissolved circa 1949
electionContested 1948 United States presidential election
electoralBase white voters in the Deep South
founded 1948
headquartersRegion Southern United States
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)
linked to: Democratic Party
nominatedForOffice Strom Thurmond
notableLeader Fielding L. Wright
Strom Thurmond
officeContested President of the United States
opposed civil rights platform of the Democratic Party
racial integration
originatedFrom Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
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
reasonForSplit opposition to President Harry S. Truman's civil rights proposals
receivedElectoralVotes 39
region Southern United States
relatedTo Dixiecrats
Southern Democrats
shortName SRDP
slogan States' Rights and Racial Integrity
splitFrom Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
supported Jim Crow laws
racial segregation
vicePresidentialNominee Fielding L. Wright
wonStates Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina

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States' Rights Democratic Party shortName SRDP
subject linked to: SRDP
States' Rights Democratic Party abbreviation SRDP
subject linked to: SRDP