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Political Positions of the Democratic Party
There's an error in the portion about The Civil Rights Act of 1964. It states "The party passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after a Democratic attempt to filibuster led by southern Democrats, which for the first time outlawed segregation." Which contradicts itself. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Republicans in the Senate and the Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, which you can easily find out by clicking "The Civil Rights Act of 1964". Don't know why you would allow disinformation on this article but have a link with proper information on it too. How was it "passed by the Democratic Party", but in the same line it also states "filibustered by the Democratic Party"?


 * Hi, are you by any chance thinking of the Civil Rights Act of 1957? That one was passed under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and then-Democratic Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina (in)famously filibustered it, speaking for a total of 24 hours and 18 minutes. The bill passed 285–126 in the House of Representatives with a majority of both parties' support (Republicans 167–19, Democrats 118–107). It then passed 72–18 in the Senate, again with a majority of both parties (Republicans 43–0, Democrats 29–18). President Eisenhower signed the bill on September 9, 1957.


 * The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was fillibustered as well, and you can see the vote totals here. Again majorities of both parties passed the bill.


 * As for Strom Thurmond, it is worth remembering that he ran with fellow Southern Democrat Harry F. Byrd in the 1960 presidential election under the "Unpledged Democratic electors" banner against Civil Rights, and won 610,000 votes in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. He became a Republican in 1964.
 * == Peter NYC (talk) 18:59, 26 August 2021 (UTC)