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Terry Hilldale's avatar

Dems is 1950 were the Republicans of today. And vice versa.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

What? Sorry, disagree. Most of the Dems were still the FDR New Dealers. If you mean the southern Dems, they were a small part of the party, which is why they abandoned the Dems after the Civil Rights activism of the 60s and headed to the Rs..

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Terry Hilldale's avatar

Yes and no. The Dixiecrats were the first Dems to head to the Republicans followed by Dixiecrat-adjacent Dems all over the country. The result is that today the deplorables call the GOP their political home. The tares are choking out the wheat.

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