What Was the Significance of a Number of Conservative Democrats

question 59

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of a number of conservative Democrats changing their party affiliation beginning in 1964?

• A) Democrats were losing the solid South.
• B) African Americans in the South would be voting in growing numbers.
• C) Republicans were going to have a difficult time winning elections in the South.
• D) Democratic politicians in the South were solidly behind federal civil rights legislation.

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