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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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