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Democrats Face Split as Southern Defection Grows
Analysis notes growing risk to the Democratic Party as the South shifts away from the national coalition over civil rights. It cites Truman's 1948 civil rights stance, Stevenson’s 1952-56 challenges, and northern liberal efforts to change Senate rules. It also notes rising Republican gains in the South and ongoing organizing impacts.
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Democratic Party
Truman
David Lawrence
South
Washington
Eratic
America
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
North
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Richard C
Woodsboro Lutheran
Mr. Stevenson
Jefferson
Congress
Marl Stevedinand
Democratic
Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Democrats
Maniodt
St. An
Capitol Heights
Jake
Republican Party
Loyola College
Janathema
Baltimore
Gettysburg Theological Seminary
Allbeck
stevenson-Kefauver
Sioner
Grace Church
Rocky
Stevenson
Augsburg
Toledo
Ohio
Wittenberg College
Vyet
Treasury
National Party
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