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==== Context on Civil Rights and Party Evolution ====

Important clarifications:

✔️ There were racist elements and policies supported by people in both parties at different times in history — particularly before the civil rights movement when segregationist Southern Democrats opposed many reforms. Lucas Vaughn Raw<ref>{{cite web|title=Lucas Vaughn Raw|url=https://lucasvaughnraw.com/the-great-switch-myth-why-the-parties-didnt-just-flip-on-civil-rights/|publisher=Lucas Vaughn Raw|access-date=2026-01-01}}</ref>
✔️ Support for civil rights legislation in the 1960s tended to come from Northern Democrats ''and'' Republicans, while opposition tended to come from Southern Democrats. Lucas Vaughn Raw<ref>{{cite web|title=Lucas Vaughn Raw|url=https://lucasvaughnraw.com/the-great-switch-myth-why-the-parties-didnt-just-flip-on-civil-rights/|publisher=Lucas Vaughn Raw|access-date=2026-01-01}}</ref>
✔️ The Democratic Party later became the main political home for civil rights and social liberalism, while the Republican Party consolidated support among socially conservative voters (including in the South). Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-01}}</ref>