After the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act became law under a supportive Democratic administration, many Southern Democrats abandoned the Democrats, and most African Americans became especially loyal Democrats, while Republicans welcomed the ex-Southern Democrats into their ranks.

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We also reported that Chavez has designed a new regime based on absolutism and the elimination of civil and political rights while evangelizing these anti-democratic ideas throughout the region.

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For decades, the party had been divided between the Southern Democratic wing that staunchly opposed civil rights and the liberal Northern wing that believed the party needed to embrace racial equality.

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