conservative Southern Democrats

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod 20th century
late 19th century
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dixiecrats
gptkbp:declinedAfter late 20th century
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
post-Reconstruction era
realignment of Southern politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label conservative Southern Democrats
gptkbp:ideology conservatism
anti-communism
states' rights
fiscal conservatism
segregationism
gptkbp:influenced Democratic Party platform changes
shift of South to Republican Party
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
Southern culture
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:1948_presidential_election
gptkb:Southern_Manifesto_(1956)
Dixiecrat revolt
filibuster of civil rights bills
gptkbp:notableFor supporting segregation
opposing civil rights legislation
advocating states' rights
conservative economic policies
gptkbp:notableMembers gptkb:George_Wallace
gptkb:John_Stennis
gptkb:James_Eastland
gptkb:Richard_Russell_Jr.
gptkb:Strom_Thurmond
gptkb:Harry_F._Byrd
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:region gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Blue_Dog_Coalition
gptkb:Solid_South
gptkb:States'_Rights_Democratic_Party
Boll weevil Democrats
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Southern_Republicans
gptkbp:supports agricultural subsidies
New Deal (with reservations)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:conservative_coalition_in_Congress
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7