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Ran into this which seems useful on the "Dixiecrats switched platforms" front: https://newstalk1130.iheart.com/featured/common-sense-central/content/2018-05-01-the-myth-of-the-republican-democrat-switch/

Strom Thurmond was the only Dixiecrat to turn Republican, the rest all were welcomed in by the Democratic party. That's not a trend, it's a single data point outlier that gets bandied about constantly. Strom Thurmond was also quite moderate on race compared with most Dixiecrats, he was...