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Suppose the Republicans never adopt the Southern Strategy to pander to the Old South. Party of Lincoln, the establishment decides that states' rights cannot be supported (pulling out that Goldwater plank), and so the South remains un-catered to by both parties (maybe some southern factions exist, but they do not shape party policy as a whole). Do the Dixiecrats become a third party permanently, sort of like the Bloc Québécois or the SNP?

Yes, yes first past the post and all that prevent third parties in America from forming. But if there's a regional party that dominates the south, what if they found ways around it?
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