How do you use Dixiecrats in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like party, plus the exact meaning.
Dixiecrats meaning
plural of Dixiecrat
Synonyms of Dixiecrats
Using Dixiecrats
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Dixiecrat
- Useful related words include: party, political party.
- In the example corpus, dixiecrats often appears in combinations such as: the dixiecrats.
Context around Dixiecrats
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dixiecrats
- In this selection, "dixiecrats" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carried and states stand out and add context to how "dixiecrats" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as the dixiecrats and carolina the dixiecrats states. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dixiecrats" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dixiecrats
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thurmond's Dixiecrats carried only four Southern states, a lower total than predicted. (13 words)
Truman became the first Democrat ever to be elected president without carrying Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, or South Carolina (the Dixiecrats' states). (21 words)
In response, Thurmond became a candidate for president on the third party ticket of the States' Rights Democratic Party (also known as the Dixiecrats). (24 words)
Wallace's Progressives received only 2.4% of the national popular vote, well below their expected vote total and slightly less than the Dixiecrats, and Wallace did not take as many liberal votes from Truman as many political pundits had predicted. (41 words)
The Dixiecrats were weakened, however, when most Southern Democratic leaders (such as Governor Herman Talmadge of Georgia and "Boss" E. H. Crump of Tennessee) refused to support the party. (29 words)
The Dixiecrats had no chance of winning the election themselves, since they could not get on the ballot in enough states to win the necessary electoral votes. (27 words)
Example sentences (7)
Had Dewey won any two of the three states, the Dixiecrats would have succeeded in their goal of forcing the election into the House of Representatives.
In response, Thurmond became a candidate for president on the third party ticket of the States' Rights Democratic Party (also known as the Dixiecrats).
The Dixiecrats had no chance of winning the election themselves, since they could not get on the ballot in enough states to win the necessary electoral votes.
The Dixiecrats were weakened, however, when most Southern Democratic leaders (such as Governor Herman Talmadge of Georgia and "Boss" E. H. Crump of Tennessee) refused to support the party.
Thurmond's Dixiecrats carried only four Southern states, a lower total than predicted.
Truman became the first Democrat ever to be elected president without carrying Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, or South Carolina (the Dixiecrats' states).
Wallace's Progressives received only 2.4% of the national popular vote, well below their expected vote total and slightly less than the Dixiecrats, and Wallace did not take as many liberal votes from Truman as many political pundits had predicted.
Common combinations with dixiecrats
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: