The democrats who opposed civil rights hated big government, hated government deficits, and advocated de-regulation of industry. If one were trying to categori

The democrats who opposed civil rights hated big government, hated government deficits, and advocated de-regulation of industry. If one were trying to categorize them according to today's ideologies, they'd be republican. They were more conservatives than they were democrats, and the only reason they were democrats was lingering bitterness over the civil war.