Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a dissenting group of Democrats in the South who formed the States' Rights Party in 1948.
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- noun US, politics, dated a member of the
Democratic Party of theUnited States of America , from the southern United States, one of the former territories of theConfederate States of America , who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supportsracial segregation andwhite power - noun US, politics a member of the States' Rights Democratic Party of the
United States of America
Etymologies
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The term Dixiecrat is a portmanteau of Dixie, referring to the Southern United States, and Democrat, referring to the United States Democratic Party.
Think Progress » POLL: Majority Of Americans Reject Right Wing’s Anti-Gay Smears In Foley Scandal 2006
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Another former "Dixiecrat" is Democrat Senator Ernest Hollings who put up the Confederate flag over the state capitol when he was the governor of South Carolina.
"Are Americans too racist to vote for Obama" Not a sheep 2008
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Another former "Dixiecrat" is Democrat Senator Ernest Hollings who put up the Confederate flag over the state capitol when he was the governor of South Carolina.
The new Barack Obama Not a sheep 2008
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Another former "Dixiecrat" is Democrat Senator Ernest Hollings who put up the Confederate flag over the state capitol when he was the governor of South Carolina.
Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Another former "Dixiecrat" is Democrat Senator Ernest Hollings who put up the Confederate flag over the state capitol when he was the governor of South Carolina.
Archive 2008-07-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Dixiecrat is the term used in the 1860's for southern democrats who fought Republican President Lincoln as he tried to emancipate the slaves.
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Especially in these "Dixiecrat" - heavy areas, new voters are much less likely to be the super-conservative "registers D but votes R for national races" kind. by: you @ soon
Swing State Project 2009
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Especially in these "Dixiecrat" - heavy areas, new voters are much less likely to be the super-conservative "registers D but votes R for national races" kind. by: you @ soon
Swing State Project 2009
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Especially in these "Dixiecrat" - heavy areas, new voters are much less likely to be the super-conservative "registers D but votes R for national races" kind. by: you @ soon
Swing State Project 2009
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A discerning listener may notice that Johnson has to wait a rather long spell to be invited into the conversation between Governor Manchin, who is widely perceived as a "Dixiecrat" with several scandals floating around him, and pro-unborn life Weeks, who is willing to face up to Manchin, yet remains very skeptical of progressive ideals.
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