Matching Pairs Social and Political EffectsOnline version Content Statement 29 by Jefferson County ESC 1 "white flight" 2 Democratic Party 3 urban riots 4 Republican Party 5 "redlining" Practice that denies services to whole neighborhoods on the basis of race or ethnicity  1960s, championing of civil rights and racial desegregation 1960s, conservative and reduction in government regulations of the economy middle class white Americans left cities for the suburbs in the 1950s caused by decaying environment and low employment opportunities in large cities