Which political party supported the civil rights act of 1964?

Question

Which political party supported the civil rights act of 1964?

Answer 1

The bill was supported by people in both parties, but introduced and signed into law by Democrats (JFK and LBJ).  Johnson commented after signing it into law that he had just handed the southern states to the Republicans for probably the next century.  Guess he was right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Right...

Vote totals

Totals are in "Yea-Nay" format:

    * The original House version: 290-130   (69%-31%)

    * The Senate version: 73-27   (73%-27%)

    * The Senate version, as voted on by the House: 289-126   (70%-30%)

[edit] By party

The original House version:[9]

    * Democratic Party: 152-96   (61%-39%)

    * Republican Party: 138-34   (80%-20%)

The Senate version:[9]

    * Democratic Party: 46-21   (69%-31%)

    * Republican Party: 27-6   (82%-18%)

The Senate version, voted on by the House:[9]

    * Democratic Party: 153-91   (63%-37%)

    * Republican Party: 136-35   (80%-20%)

[edit] By party and region

Note : "Southern", as used in this section, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. "Northern" refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states.

The original House version:

    * Southern Democrats: 7-87   (7%-93%)

    * Southern Republicans: 0-10   (0%-100%)

    * Northern Democrats: 145-9   (94%-6%)

    * Northern Republicans: 138-24   (85%-15%)

The Senate version:

    * Southern Democrats: 1-20   (5%-95%) (only Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)

    * Southern Republicans: 0-1   (0%-100%) (this was Senator John Tower of Texas)

    * Northern Democrats: 45-1   (98%-2%) (only Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia opposed the measure)

    * Northern Republicans: 27-5   (84%-16%) (Senators Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa, Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Edwin L. Mechem of New Mexico, Milward L. Simpson of Wyoming, and Norris H. Cotton of New Hampshire opposed the measure)

Answer 2

The original House version:

Democratic Party: 152-96   (61%-39%)

Republican Party: 138-34   (80%-20%)

The Senate version:

Democratic Party: 46-21   (69%-31%)

Republican Party: 27-6   (82%-18%)

The Senate version, voted on by the House:[9]

Democratic Party: 153-91   (63%-37%)

Republican Party: 136-35   (80%-20%)

From this you can see the Republican Party supported and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 3

Democratic President Lyndon Johnson pushed for it and signed it.  Liberal Republicans and Democrats supported it and conservative Democrats and  Republicans opposed it. There aren't any liberal Republicans anymore.  

Dixiecrats thereafter voted Republican at the national level and the Republicans implemented their "Southern Strategy."

Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote that:

"The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism."

He was referring to the 1964 Republican convention.

Answer 4

It was a democrat who came up and introduced Jim Crow laws. Remember? "Seperate but equal"?

Edit: To the thumbs down people: Sorry you can't handle reality. Or maybe I'm not sorry and that's the thing.

Answer 5

Republicans did.

And al gore's dad voted against it. Wow, I guess that is why robert byrd was a KKK clansman back then. What a bunch of racists dems are.

Answer 6

The Republican Party.  LBJ hijacked it by signing it into law.  I can't wait for al the thumbs' down from people who don't understand history.

EDIT: Tribeca - If you don't know what a liberal Republican is, see John McCain's voting record.

Answer 7

Republicans. A greater percentage of Republicans supported it than Democrats, and the Democrats filibustered in an effort to stop it.

Answer 8

Neither Party really wanted it. But Johnson needed thousands of men to die in Vietnam.

Civil Rights was an Army enlistment Campaign for Black America

Answer 9

The Act was supported and opposed by large contingents within both parties. There was a more significant support-base within the Republican party. However, the two parties had very different positions then.

Answer 10

Republicans seem to think that once Lincoln freed the slaves, that made them the party of civil rights from then on without their having to lift a finger again.  The Democrats were latecomers to civil rights, but the ones who opposed it jumped ship to join the party of complacency.  But that will never stop Republicans from rewriting history to cast themselves in a better light.  Now that King, a man they hated at the time, is dead, they are trying to cast him in their own image.  It it any wonder they want a theocracy when they see themselves as God?

Answer 11

The majority in both parties did  and both parties had some who opposed it.   Johnson worked hard to get the bill approved in congress,  which was difficult because they needed a 2/3 majority in the senate to cut off a filibuster then  The bill passed by  73 to 27 on a roll call vote. Six Republicans and 21 Democrats  voted against passage. One of the Republicans that voted no  was Goldwater who became the Republican nominee for President that year. He lost in a landslide but carried  his home state of AZ plus five segregated states in the deep south, which was the first time since the civil war that they had voted republican in a presidential election and they have voted  republican  in every presidential election since then.

Answer 12

Republicans.

Dr. MLK was a republican.

D- WV _ Senator Byrd was a KKK member.