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Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States. [1] Before the American Civil War, Southern Democrats were mostly whites living in the South who believed in Jacksonian democracy.
Mar 2, 2020 · Sean Rayford / Getty Images. From 1964 to 2008, three Democratic presidential candidates made it to the White House. All of them were southerners. Yet for the last half-century, the GOP’s...
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May 17, 2024 · Southern Democrats is the term commonly applied to members and supporters of the United States (U.S.) Democratic Party who live in the states typically called the American South. This geographic region includes up to 16 states.
Southern Democrats were members of the Democratic Party who primarily resided in the southern United States, known for their support of states' rights and the preservation of slavery before the Civil War.
Jun 25, 2015 · The South was once home to the "yellow dog Democrat" who would vote for a mutt over someone from the party of Abraham Lincoln. Now, the party of the Great Emancipator has made Dixie its bedrock,...
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Oct 5, 2018 · In Mississippi, Democrat Mike Espy, a former Clinton administration Agriculture Secretary, is in a dead heat with the leading GOP candidate, incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, polls show. A...
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Aug 18, 2017 · Up until the post-World War II period, the party’s hold on the region was so entrenched that Southern politicians usually couldn’t get elected unless they were Democrats.
