One of my very earliest politcal remembrances (along with suggesting to voters in line to vote for Goldwater at age 7),and about the same age was a discussion between my grandfather and his sister who was a fervent dixiecrat in the early '60's. He told her she'd vote for Joseph Stalin if he was own the ticket.
That mentality and sappy thinking that the democrats are for the "working man" permeate our society today.