the Dixiecrats
/ðə ˈdɪksikræts/
/ðə ˈdɪksikræts/
- (in US politics
) , the popular name for the States' Rights Party, a 'third party' that competed in the 1948 election for US President against the Democratic Party and Republican Party. It was formed to support states' rights. The candidate was J Strom Thurmond, who won five states in the South with 39 votes in the Electoral College.美国政治 是美国权利党的通称,是参加1948年美国总统大选反对民主党和共和党的“第三方”。它的成立是为了支持国家的权利。候选人是J·斯特罗姆·瑟蒙德(J Strom Thurmond),他在选举学院以39票的优势赢得了南方的五个州。