1. The Southern Democrats held on to their majority in the Senate, though that majority was dramatically reduced.
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9. In 2005, the Southern Democrats retained their governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, electing Tim Kaine and Jon Corzine, respectively.
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10. The Southern Democrats were split over entering Iraq in 2003 and increasingly expressed concerns about both the justification and progress of the War on Terrorism as well as the domestic effects, including threats to civil rights and civil liberties from the Patriot Act.
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12. The Southern Democrats held together while the Republican Party bitterly split between the Roosevelt-oriented progressives and the Taft-oriented conservatives.
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14. In 1860, the Southern Democrats were unable to stop the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln, even as they feared his election would lead to civil war.
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15. The Southern Democrats demands included a fugitive slave law to recapture runaway slaves; opening Kansas to slavery; forcing a pro-slavery constitution on Kansas; acquire Cuba; accepting the Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court; and adopting a federal slave code to protect slavery in the territories.
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