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 | | Attrition characterized his leadership years, as the party slowly declined because of electoral gerrymandering, changes to South Africa's voting laws, including the removal of the Coloureds - South Africans of mixed ancestry, who had been staunch United Party supporters - from the electoral rolls, and defections to other parties. |
 | | In 1977, the United Party was renamed the New Republic Party, but a significant number of its parliamentarians refused to remain with the renamed party; some joined the anti-apartheid Progressive Federal Party and others eventually joined the ruling National Party. |
 | | The UP's position on race relations in South Africa was a complex one; while the UP was more liberal in character than the National Party, it never clearly articulated its views on how race relations in South Africa were to proceed. |
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