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States' Rights Democratic Party

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noun

  1. a political party formed by dissident southern Democrats who opposed the candidacy of Harry Truman in 1948 and campaigned on a platform of states' rights.

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South Carolina’s governor, Strom Thurmond, won the nomination of the Dixiecrats, the States’ Rights Democratic Party, in 1948.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2016

The States’ Rights Democratic Party nominee, Strom Thurmond, won a million votes, and captured four states in the South.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 12, 2015

Many Southern Democrats left the convention and nominated Strom Thurmond as the presidential candidate of the States’ Rights Democratic Party.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2014

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