It's the Democratic party, there is no such thing as the democrat party. I take it you're not at all familiar with Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy, and it's

It's the Democratic party, there is no such thing as the democrat party. I take it you're not at all familiar with Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy, and it's embrace of the Dixiecrats, or actually quite a lot of relevant American political history https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwa... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy