It also ignores that even then, there were Northern Democrats and Southern Democrats. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not pass along party lines. More Democr

It also ignores that even then, there were Northern Democrats and Southern Democrats. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not pass along party lines. More Democrats voted to pass it than Republicans by numbers. Republicans only had 33% of the House and about 33% of the Senate. Now, Republicans did have a larger percentage of their members voting for. But when you split it by region, the picture comes clear. The old Union voted overwhelmingly to pass the act while the old Confederacy voted Nay. Northern Democrats outvoted all other groups by percentage and numbers for the act. And not a single (of the 12) Southern Republican voted for. So yeah, miss me with that "Democrats are the party of the Confederacy" stuff. The South was the party of the Confederacy.