While there were certainly white southerners who continued voting D at the sub-presidential level while voting R at the national level, I'd be hesitant to characterize anyone who was under age 30 in 1968 as a "Dixiecrat."https://twitter.com/vlad3060/status/1191797197995560960 …
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The last Dixiecrat died out around GHWB’s tenure as POTUS. Saying that you seen the Dixiecrat in the 21st century is like saying you’ve seen Bigfoot.
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The youngest "Dixiecrats" alive today are around 72 years old. Kentucky never had that many of them either, as George Wallace only got 18-19% in 1968. Kentucky wasn't Alabama.
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Also ALG. She was a YUGE Thurmond fan.
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