SRDP

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The SRDP, or States' Rights Democratic Party, was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the national Democratic Party’s civil rights platform.

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SRDP canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
abbreviation SRDP ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dixiecrat Party ⓘ
colorSymbol blue ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved circa 1949 ⓘ
electionContested 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
electoralBase white voters in the Deep South ⓘ
founded 1948 ⓘ
headquartersRegion Southern United States ⓘ
historicalEra post–World War II United States ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
segregationism ⓘ
states' rights ⓘ
influenced later segregationist and states' rights movements in the South ⓘ
keyIssue defense of states' rights ⓘ
opposition to federal civil rights legislation ⓘ
legacy precursor to later realignment of Southern whites toward the Republican Party ⓘ
mergedBackInto Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
nominatedForOffice Strom Thurmond ⓘ
notableLeader Fielding L. Wright ⓘ
Strom Thurmond ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
opposed civil rights platform of the Democratic Party ⓘ
racial integration ⓘ
originatedFrom Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
platformPlank maintenance of racial segregation in public schools ⓘ
preservation of the social order of the Jim Crow South ⓘ
resistance to federal intervention in state affairs ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
presidentialNominee Strom Thurmond ⓘ
reasonForSplit opposition to President Harry S. Truman's civil rights proposals ⓘ
receivedElectoralVotes 39 ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
relatedTo Dixiecrats ⓘ
Southern Democrats ⓘ
shortName SRDP ⓘ
slogan States' Rights and Racial Integrity ⓘ
splitFrom Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
supported Jim Crow laws ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
vicePresidentialNominee Fielding L. Wright ⓘ
wonStates Alabama ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ

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States' Rights Democratic Party → shortName → SRDP ⓘ
subject linked to: SRDP
States' Rights Democratic Party → abbreviation → SRDP ⓘ
subject linked to: SRDP