Was Lyndon B. Johnson a Conservative Democrat (Dixiecrat)?

LBJ was a Dixiecrat before he was VP. But going by his deeds and what he accomplished, he is a liberal in the mold of JFK. read more

Firstly Dixiecrat and conservative Democrat are not synonymous. Dixiecrat is a specific movement that broke off from the Democratic Party because they were segregationist and deeply racist, two things that LBJ was definitely not. read more

Democratic Party : In the doldrums after 2000, the party roared back with major gains in 2006, found that 1 in 5 Democrats nearly 10 million voters think the world will and his Dixiecrats out, and taking advantage of the splits inside the GOP. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. read more

Southern Democrats of today who vote for the Democratic ticket are mostly urban liberals. Rural residents tend to vote for the Republican ticket, although there are sizable numbers of Conservative Democrats who cross party lines and vote Republican in national elections. read more