送交者: Europeanese 于 2005-6-21, 20:42:48:
回答: no, after civil right movement. 由 steven 于 2005-6-21, 20:13:37:
I suppose the switch took place gradually before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to the Wikipedia encyclopedia:
On September 16, 1964; Thurmond switched his party affiliation, becoming a Republican in protest of the Democrats' support and President Johnson's shepherding of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Thurmond played an important role in building Republican support in the South, which was overwhelmingly Democrat prior to the early 1960s. He campaigned on behalf of Richard Nixon to support the Republicans' Southern Strategy, undoubtedly bringing in Southern voters who otherwise would have voted for segregationalist candidate George Wallace in the 1968 election.