SInNYC
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« on: August 29, 2021, 01:58:54 AM » |
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Although dixiecrats were often labeled conservative democrats, I always hated this classification since it was trying to forcefit a linear liberal-conservative scale onto something that isnt linear. It made sense only if middle means a mix of hard right and left rather than moderation.
Dixiecrats were consistently bigger spenders than both northern Ds and Rs, since they wanted to spend on both defense and social spending (as long as it didnt go to the 'wrong people'). They were with Ds on infrastructure spending (they benefited from it), but with Rs on military spending and wars. They of course hated civil rights, which both [northern] Ds and Rs mostly accepted back then.
But to answer the original question, yes it was effectively a 3 party system.
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