In 1948, 1960, and 1968 the deep southern states delivered their electoral votes to independent Southern Democrats.
My question is, would a Dixiecrat Regionalist party have ever been viable? I'm thinking it'd be unified on "state's rights", cultural conservatism, and southern interests but potentially divided on economic issues.
The electoral college makes it unlikely to be an equal to the other parties, but lots of southern states have jungle primaries and runoff election laws so I don't see why there couldn't be a party down there.
Meanwhile, the Republicans and Democrats both end up more racially liberal due to a decline in Dixiecrat influence.
My question is, would a Dixiecrat Regionalist party have ever been viable? I'm thinking it'd be unified on "state's rights", cultural conservatism, and southern interests but potentially divided on economic issues.
The electoral college makes it unlikely to be an equal to the other parties, but lots of southern states have jungle primaries and runoff election laws so I don't see why there couldn't be a party down there.
Meanwhile, the Republicans and Democrats both end up more racially liberal due to a decline in Dixiecrat influence.