 Kunyange zvakadaro, hurumende yakanga isina kugutsikana zvikuru nehuwandu hwevatema nemasangano evashandi muDemocratic Party yenyika, uye pakutanga yakagutsikana apo mutevedzeri weMutungamiri wezvematongerwe enyika Henry A. Wallace akatsiviwa pamutambo weDemocratic muna 1944. Zvisinei, pakuvamba kwa1946, vagari vokuNorth Carolina vakawanda vakanga vasingafariri Mutungamiriri Truman, zvikurukuru nemhaka yokuti akagadza mutongi wehurumende mutema wokutanga ndokuita nhamburiko dzokutanga - kunyange zvazvo dzaiva dzokufananidzira - dzokururamisira kwavagari vemo. Apo Truman chaizvoizvo akagadzira chikumbiro chemaruramiro avanhu vatema ane musoro unoti Kuchengetedza Kodzero Idzi, zvisinei, North Carolina yakanga iri nyika yeSouth chete uko kwakanga kune hasha shoma, uye nyika yakapa mavhoti matatu bedzi kubva kune yaimbova Confederacy yaTruman somunhu weDemocratic nominee panguva ye 1948 National Convention yebato. Yakasanganiswa nekutyisidzira kweRepublican kwemuno kubva kuvana veMountain Unionist nepo kune maDemocrat anobva kuSouth Carolina, Louisiana neMississippi Republican yaimiririra munhu ari kure wekuchamhembe uye kana ndangariro dzeKuvakazve izvi zvaireva kuti pakanga pasina kana mubvunzo wekuti bato reDemocratic rehurumende rakatsigira kutsigira Gavhuna weSouth Carolina Strom Thurmond. 