The South voted for Wilson and FDR, both traitors and Socalists. You can make your arguments, but that is what the scum Wilson and FDR were. Now, happily, the South has turned into a center of Conservatism. The New England and Northeastern States have now turned traitor.
The South voted against Republicans for 100 years after the Republicans covered themselves in chit in the mid 19th century. The South didn't turn conservative. It always was. The Democrats turned from the party of small government, states rights and the working man to the party of centralized power, big government, socialism and most recently fascism....ie government and big business in bed together.