Now, all the southern Democratic areas that voted against anti-slavery are now hard-core Republicans, and the Republican areas in the north that supported anti-slavery are Democratic. The Democratic "Solid South" became Republican after Johnson signed the Equal Housing Act, the Voting Rights Act and the Non-Discrimination Act back in the 1960s. What hypocrites. The KKK and prejudice aren't tolerated out in the open anymore but they are still talked about at home and behind close doors. In the south, the same people that were Dixiecrats in the 1950s and 1960s are now Republicans. Again, hypocrites.