re: #147 Son of the Black Dog

Actually, the Democrats of the Old South are more accurately grouped with the populists. That is, they looked like more like Pat Buchanan than like any mainstream Republican I can think of. (And no, I don’t consider Buchanan a Republican.)

Maybe I’m thinking about it a different way. Older Americans who were Dems. in their youth still call themselves Dems. and vote Democratic. Most that I know don’t have the values their party holds. They seem closer aligined with the GOP.