Originally Posted by underdog_peter

Is there a Democrat out there who is still a bigot?
The base of the Democratic party before civil rights was northeasterners and Southern blue collar workers. Then when the party under Kennedy and Johnson embraced civil rights a flood of "Dixie-crats" as they were called fled to the Republican party. Among them Senator Strom Thermond while he was already in office as a Democrat! I think, though, some of the platform the Republican's hard right wing embraced, left a bitter taste in the mouths of these former Democrats. They remained Republican during the Reagan years and have been dwindling back recently. Looking back at the issue, Hillary Clinton must get the votes in Texas to have an edge in presidential nominee...