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not Confederates it was the Democrats that argued it
by ms4720 13y ago
not Confederates it was the Democrats that argued it
- craigyk 13y agoif I remember correctly, the Republicans and Democrats swapped places in every way but name not too long after that.
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- kyllo 13y agoYeah, after the Reconstruction there was a mass defection of Southern Democrats or "Dixiecrats" (aka unabashedly racist politicians, many of whom were Klan members) from the Democratic to the Republican party.
- mnutt 13y agoThe Southern Democrats moved over to the Republican party long after the Reconstruction, starting in the 1960s.