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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 · States on the edges of the South — Virginia, Florida and North Carolina — have turned purple or a light shade of blue, but the heart of the South unquestionably remains Republican territory in...
- Angie Maxwell
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.
Jun 25, 2015 · Many Southerners have stood by traditional values on social issues as well — including guns, school prayer, abortion and same-sex marriage. And these voters have found their conservative stands...
- Ron Elving
Aug 18, 2017 · But when President Harry S. Truman, a Democratic Southerner, introduced a pro-civil rights platform at the party’s 1948 convention, a faction walked out. These defectors, known as the...
- Becky Little
Oct 5, 2018 · The most conservative Southern states, Alabama and Mississippi, remain largely out of reach for Democrats but are still on party activists' radar screens.
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Jan 30, 2023 · Southern Democrats are banding together to urge President Joe Biden to select Atlanta for the 2024 Democratic National Convention, according to a letter obtained by NBC News, arguing the choice...
