Democrats and Republicans Never Switched Parties

History is CARVED IN STONE, and the FACTS are that Democrats were the Party of slavery; the KKK, Jim Crow; segregation, ANTI-Civil Rights; cross-burnings, lynchings, etc, The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by Abolitionists, Free Soilers, and the antislavery faction of the Whig Party with the express mission of ending the Democrat's institution of slavery in the United States. Here's a facsimile of the official Republican Platform of 1856 and its primary message is the abolition of all slavery in the United States of America. It was under this platform that Abraham Lincoln became the nation's first Republican President:

https://archive.org/details/republicancampai00unit/mode/2up?view=theater

Another fact is that NO Republican has ever owned a slave or been a member of the KKK. Nor did the Parties switch sides after the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Acts in 1964. The proof lies in the unequivocal fact that out of hundreds of Federal Congressmen at that time, only 2 Democrats switched parties, and both of them switched NOT because of the Civil Rights Act or that they felt that — suddenly, counter to over a hundred years of history — the Republicans were now more racist than their own Parties (BTW, it was Congressional Republicans who wrote and passed those bill, not Democrats), but because they were concerned with the Democratic Party's ever-increasing embrace of Socialism and Communism, as well as Fascist polices increasingly dominating the Party. They viewed Republicans, and more specifically Senator Barry Goldwater, as being more properly opposed to Communism and Fascism. This is clearly stated in Senator Thurmond's famous 1964 speech, given upon leaving the Democratic Party:

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Seeing as it very hard to find online, here is Senator Strom Thurmond's FULL September 16th, 1964 televised speech to the people of South Carolina on joining the Republican Party and backing Senator Barry Goldwater for President. As you'll note, his party switch has nothing to do with racism or the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Acts, but rather his concerns over a perceived weakness and Communist/Socialist subversion of the Democratic Party: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt17/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt17-7.pdf

"My fellow South Carolinians, it has been wisely said that, "For evil to triumph, it is only necessary that good men do nothing." Particularly is this true in time of crisis. Seldom before in the history of our Nation have we faced so great a crisis.

    The people of South Carolina have placed me in a position of trust in the National Government. From this position, I have observed at close hand the conduct and factors which have brought about this crisis. I would, therefore, be most derelict in my duty were I at this time to remain silent.

    I have no choice but to speak openly, frankly, and fully to the people of South Carolina on the crisis that confronts us:

    The Democratic Party has abandoned the people. It has turned its back on the spiritual values and political principles which have brought us the blessings of freedom under God and a bountiful prosperity. It has bre_ached the trust reposed in it by the people. It has repudiated the Constitution of the United States. It is leading the evolution of our Nation to a socialistic dictatorship.

    The Democratic Party has forsaken the people to become the party of minority groups, power-hungry union leaders, political bosses, and big businessmen looking for Government contracts and favors.

    The Democratic Party has used the Government as a propaganda machine to distort the truth and deceive the public to the extent that a sub-Cabinet official can publicly defend the administration's "right to lie" and remain in office, unrebuked.

    The Democratic Party has invaded the private lives of people by using the powers of government for coercion and intimidation of individuals. The Democratic Party has rammed through Congress unconstitutional, impractical, unworkable, and oppressive legislation which invades inalienable personal and property rights of the individual.

    The Democratic Party has encouraged.lawlessness, civil unrest, and mob actions. The Democratic Party has violated its trust by using the power of government to suppress information on scandals and corruption of its leaders in government and party offices.

    The Democratic Party has succored and assisted our Communist enemies through trade and aid at the expense of the American people.

    The Democratic Party has established and pursued for our Government a no-win foreign policy of weakness, indecision, accommodation, and appeasement.

    The Democratic Party, as custodian of Government, faltered at the Bay of Pigs and in the Cuban crisis of 1962-at the very moment when victory was at hand-and thereby forfeited Cuba to Soviet domination, subjected our Nation to the peril of an armed ·enemy camp 90 miles from our shores, and opened the doors of the hemisphere to Communist subversion.

    The Democratic Party, as custodian of Government, has sent our youth into combat in Vietnam, refusing to can it war, and demanding of our youth the risk of their lives without providing either adequate equipment or a goal of victory.

    The Democratic Party now worships at the throne of power and materialism. 

    The Democratic Party has demonstrated a callous disregard for sound fiscal policies and practices.

    The Democratic Party, while hiding behind the deceitful gimmick of a darkened White House, has increased deficit spending and squandered, at home and abroad, billions of hard-earned dollars taken from the American people.

    The Democratic Party has utterly disregarded the disastrous effects of the resulting inflation on people with fixed incomes, such as retirees, pensioners, social security beneficiaries, and those who have their savings invested in insurance.

    The Democratic Party, as custodian of Government, has adopted the practice of taking your money by taxation and then using that money to attempt to buy your votes.

    The Democratic Party is attempting with alarming success to change the Congress from an independent body representing the people to an amen chorus for Presidential proposals.

    The Democratic Party has endangered the security of the Nation by negative decisions on military preparedness, preoccupation with bilateral and unilateral steps toward disarmament, and by use of the military services domestically as instruments of social reform.

    The Democratic Party has attempted to degrade and downgrade our men in uniform in order to discredit their warnings of the grave dangers to our security from the administration's weak and senseless defense policies.

    The Democratic Party has nominated for Vice President a key leader of the Americans for Democratic Action, the most influential Socialist group in our Nation.

    The Democratic Party has encouraged, supported, and protected the Supreme Court in a reign of judicial tyranny, and in the Court's effort to wipe out local self-government, effective law enforcement, internal security, the rights of the people and the States, and even the structure of the State governments.

    The Democratic Party is converting our constitutional federated Republic into the same type of disciplined and submissive servant of an elite power group as it has made of the Democratic Party itself, as all who watched the Democratic convention on television can bear witness.

    The top leaders of the South Carolina Democratic Party have chosen to abandon the traditional independence of the State party, and to lead the people of South Carolina down the road to serfdom mapped by the National Democratic Party. The party of our fathers is dead. Those who took its·name are engaged in another reconstruction, this time not only of the South, but of the entire Nation.

    If the American people permit the Democratic Party to return to power, freedom as we have known it in this country is doomed, and individuals will be destined to lives of regulation, control, coercion, intimidation, and subservience to a power elite who shall rule from Washington.

    Fortunately, for those of us who cherish the traditional freedom entrusted to us by our forefathers, there is another choice this year. Although the party of our fathers is dead, the principles of our forefathers live now in the cause of a presidential nominee. The man who has gained the Republican nomination for President against all the odds and opinion polls, and who now has control of the Republican Party, is one who believes in and abides by our Constitution. He has demonstrated his fidelity to freedom, independence, and the Constitution by his actions and his votes in the U.S. Senate. I personally know him to be able and responsible. He is an honest man of courage and conviction, who trusts the American people to hold the reins of Government and rule themselves.

    I cannot foretell what success will reward Senator Barry Goldwater's efforts to return the National Government to its constitutional role and our Nation to its rightful place of strength and respect in the world. Nor can I predict with certainty how long those ideas and ideals of Senator Goldwater which I share will prevail in the councils of the Republican Party which he now heads. I do know that we have a fighting chance under Barry Goldwater's leadership and that we are welcomed to his banner.

    I know also that the course for the Democratic Party has been set toward socialism and arbitrary rule. I know further that the Democratic Party's line of succession is Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy, with Walter Reuther and Joseph Rauh pulling strings behind the scenes.

    I have worked within the framework of the Democratic Party, because experience proves it necessary to work within the framework of one of the two national parties to be effective. I have, nevertheless, maintained independence of judgment on issues and have conscientiously tried to represent the people of South Carolina, seeking to protect their rights and freedom. I shall always maintain my independent judgment and action and put the people of South Carolina first. To do this in the future, I must work within the framework of the Goldwater Republican Party.

    For me, there is no alternative. The future of freedom and constitutional government is at stake, and this requires that I do everything in my power to help Barry Goldwater return our Nation to constitutional government through his election to the Presidency. This also requires that I join him in his fight, successful as of now, to make the Republican Party a party which supports freedom, justice, and constitutional government.

    It will be a long and hard struggle, with many battles to be fought. At this time, one objective takes precedence over all others--electing Barry Goldwater President. As we give the presidential race our undivided effort, I hope all our people, and particularly our young people whose future hangs in the balance, will join this cause with enthusiasm.

    To my friends who have conscientiously advised me against this step, because of a sincere belief that I could best serve the country by following a course designed to keep myself in office, I can only say that I fully realize the political risk involved in this step and that my chances for reelection might, because of this step, go down into oblivion. But in the final analysis, I can only follow the course which, in my heart and conscience, I believe to be in the best interest of our State, our country, and the freedom of our people. I have chosen this course because I cannot consider any risks in a cause which I am convinced is right."

Out of literally hundreds of Federal U.S. Congressmen, it was ONLY Senator Strom Thurmond in 1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_who_switched_parties

... and, U.S. Rep Albert Watson in 1965 who switched sides. Watson, proclaiming that he would "not sit around and be bullied by northern liberals!": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_who_switched_parties

Out of 1,500+ Democratic politicians across the United States, just a dozen switched parties at the time, and again, Socialism and Communism were the driving reasons. That's it. Less than 1% (0.8%) of Dixiecrats switched parties after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. https://american1.com/the-big-switch-that-wasnt-the-dixiecrats-race-and-1964/

Furthermore

• https://tatobin4.wixsite.com/theredpill/single-post/2018/07/04/proof-that-the-democrat-party-is-the-party-of-racism-lynch-mobs-segregation-the-kkk-and-s

• https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/402754-the-myth-of-nixons-southern-strategy/

• https://amgreatness.com/2018/07/29/the-switch-that-never-happened-how-the-south-really-went-gop/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ysapEnvwRA

It's clear that it's the DEMOCRATS and NOT Republicans who are the party of racism and slavery, and a that a fabled "party switch" quite simple never happened.