As I have posted before, and many historians have noted, the **name** of the party means little, because the positions have almost reversed since the 1860s. The change was pretty much complete when many of the "Dixiecrats" left the 'Democrats' and became Republicans during the civil rights movement. Cultural & demographic changes make it hard to label people accurately in a system with only 2 major parties.
   Let's use 'conservative'...with qualifications... to refer to what Kendall meant.