Dixiecrats is a very specific reference to an entirely different political party — sort of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Both Mississippi And Georgia Have Confederate History Proclamations Without Any Mention of Slavery] Reference

"Dixiecrats" -- the cornerstone of their congressional majorities.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News]

He ran for the states rights party, known as the Dixiecrats, back in '48.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002] Reference

Just like the Dixiecrats are a relic from the past so will be the Neoconservatives in 13 days.    From Wordnik.com.  [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference

This was a bipartisan filibuster, although the Democrats are described as Dixiecrats in the Wikipedia article.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation] Reference

The "Dixiecrats" are at it again (doing whatever they want to without the votes).    From Wordnik.com.  [Eight Edwards delegates now moving to Obama] Reference

"Dixiecrats" were expected to break the Solid South away from Truman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

Led by the "Dixiecrats", a group of democrats fought for segregation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

The Dixiecrats lost power over the Democratic Party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saul Landau: Civil Rights Movement Reassembles to Ask: What's Next?] Reference

This was the era of the "solid South" and Dixiecrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [News Orgs Projecting Obama The Winner In North Carolina] Reference

Its roots lie in Thurmond's segregationist Dixiecrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Political Lives: Gop Finds Itself In A Lott Of Pain] Reference

Dixiecrats on the Democratic ticket ... for Strom Thurmond.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Virginia Foster Durr, March 13, 14, 15, 1975. Interview G-0023-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

The Dixiecrats were worth having an intra-party civil war over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Clinton: Hillary-Obama Ticket Would Be "Almost Unstoppable Force"] Reference

The Dixiecrats never really lost control of the party down here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Says He Can Flip Deep South States. But Can He Really?] Reference

Didn't all those racist Dixiecrats switch over back in the 70's?.    From Wordnik.com.  [RNC Chair: GOP's Victory In Georgia Senate Race Proves Obama Doesn't Have Mandate] Reference

The old Democrats who favored segregation went to the GOP (Dixiecrats).    From Wordnik.com.  [Midterm Roundup] Reference

Dixiecrats, and the father of all of them is sitting in the White House.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ballot or the Bullet (12 April 1964)] Reference

In part this had to do with the Dixiecrats who were basically Republicans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking: House Passes Bailout Package. Now What?] Reference

No wonder the Dixiecrats worked so hard to deny black people access to power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roderick Spencer: Frozen, Hungover & Happy in DC] Reference

I'm sure the racist old Dixiecrats would be ashamed of the modern Democrats too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Candidate For RNC Chair Was Member Of Whites-Only Country Club] Reference

You are right about the Dixiecrats and the trending away from Dems in the South.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gallup: Obama And Hillary Tied ��� Nationally!] Reference

Democrats used to provide a home to the Southern conservatives known as the Dixiecrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Happens When Congress Fails to Do Its Job?] Reference

There isn't even a chance of 51 senators voting for it (Lieberman plus the remaining Dixiecrats).    From Wordnik.com.  [Quote Of The Day] Reference

You have to figure that a significant percentage of white democrats in SC are old-time Dixiecrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Obama Leads In South Carolina As Racial Polarization Of Race Grows] Reference

Dixiecrats led by Strom Thurmond walked out of the 1948 Democratic convention, but nobody walked in 1960.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Democratic National Convention Set to Begin in L.A. - August 13, 2000] Reference

Back in Birmingham, Thurmond, then South Carolina's governor, accepted the Dixiecrats 'presidential nomination.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Man Out Of Time] Reference

The battle colors then largely fell from public view until 1948, when the Dixiecrats broke with the Democratic Party.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Clash Of Symbols] Reference

It was felt that the danger was that together, the Dixiecrats and the Progressives would cause the Republicans to win.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Virginia Foster Durr, March 13, 14, 15, 1975. Interview G-0023-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

It was a coalition of Democrats and Republicans because many of the Democrats were Dixiecrats, and against fair housing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2008] Reference

RANGEL: After all, it was our Dixiecrats that you guys inherited and took advantage of and made a strong part of your Southern strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2002] Reference